Laura Mugeha

Laura is a Geospatial engineer working at the intersection of open data, free and open-source software, and sustainable development. Committed to building for impact, she harnesses the power of technology to drive positive change. She is an Implementation officer at Ushahidi, leading capacity building and technical support for the African Union Civic Tech Fund and data science for partner projects.

In her free time, Laura volunteers with tech communities. She currently sits on the OpenStreetMap Foundation board to support the OpenStreetMap community, a worldwide mapping effort to create and provide free geographic data to anyone, anywhere, with no restrictions.


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Sessions

10-05
12:30
20min
What Could You Do with 100 Days of Mapping?
Laura Mugeha

What could you really accomplish with 100 days of consistent mapping? Add 1000 buildings, delete 100 nodes, or achieve completeness for an entire neighbourhood? Within the OpenStreetMap community, mappers contribute at different levels and frequencies using several tools and editors to enhance the map. In this presentation, we will share our experiences mapping every single day - the lessons learnt, the shortcuts we somehow didn't know, and key insights on maintaining data quality while sustaining a daily mapping practice over an extended period. We'll explore frameworks that could be considered for similar mapping challenges, strategies for finding motivation when inspiration runs low, and tracking progress to celebrate mapping milestones along the way.

Mapping
Talks I
10-05
14:30
60min
OSMF Board AMA
Laura Mugeha, Héctor Ochoa Ortiz

During the OpenStreetMap Foundation Board Ask Us Anything (i.e. AMA) session, we will take questions from the audience oand/or more questions that the larger community can submit before the event. We can discuss the board's past actions and our future plans.

Let’s have a conversation about the Foundation and the Board and how all the parts work together. If you know nothing about what the board is doing, this is a chance to find out. Find out what the Foundation does and doesn’t do, what it can and can’t do. Find out how you can help and get involved. The Board is committed to openness and wants to engage with the community.

Feel free to ask us questions also outside this specific session.

Community and Foundation
Auditorium