Category: Grant stories

As part of GeoGeeks regular social mapping outings, they met for a coffee and an exploration of the new train station and surrounding streets in Bayswater, WA.

GeoGeeks welcome everyone at these regular events, no experience is necessary. Novice attendees can learn about OSM, including how OSM relations work and how to link objects together for advanced public transport navigation.

This outing started at a local coffee shop, then surveyed the train station and the nearby shopping strips, before ending together for lunch.

The tasks were to add and update Points of Interest (POIs) on on your phone or a printed map.

A coffee/snack run is sponsored by OSGeo Oceania’s grants program

G-SIG Timor-Leste conducted a JOSM training session with more than 20 participants, including young university students in Dili.

The training was focused on exploring new tools for mapping with the Openstreetmap Timor-Leste community. The theme was “Missing Maps in Dili, explore with JOSM”. At the end of the training, certificates were distributed to participants who actively attended training and courses, including OSM mapping activities, from January to May 2024. OSGeo Oceania was pleased to provide support through our Grant program.

The Kiribati Women in Mapping (KWIM) recently ran an OpenStreetMap training session with their members in Tarawa, Kiribati. The session focused on training young women that will lead OSM training to Betio village.

OSGeo Oceania helped fund venue and transportation to make the day a success.

Source: G-SIG Timor-Leste LinkedIn

Last Saturday was an exciting day! We had youth from various universities in Dili and young professionals from government institutions join us for a session focused on QGIS training.

During the session, we explored the utilization of plugins, particularly hashtag#InaSAFE, for natural hazard scenario analysis.

As you know, hashtag#InaSAFE is free software that enables disaster managers to study realistic natural hazard impact scenarios for better planning, preparedness, and response activities.

Thank you very much for joining us in this session. We look forward to the next QGIS training and workshops session.
Many thanks to our supporter OSGeo Oceania and The Open Mapping Hub – Asia Pacific for giving us all resources and fund to make this session happen🙏🙏.

Source: Women In Mapping – Kiribati Facebook

KWIM’s monthly (July) training on QGIS software and awareness on open-source geospatial software to new members. The training was funded by OSGeo Oceania and facilitated by Mr. Tion Uriam, the National Coordinator for Hydrography and Charting.

The training covered the basics of QGIS, including how to create maps, add layers, and perform spatial analysis. Learning a new skill can be challenging but these women did an amazing job. We believe that nothing is impossible for women!

Ko raba OSGeo Oceania for funding the venue, transport and refreshments. Ao ko raba naba Tion for facilitating the training! Not forgetting the executive team for organising this, job well done KWIM!