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DESCRIPTION:‘Adopt Your Town’ is a workshop proposed for third-year hig
 h school pupils\, to be conducted during the 2025/26 school year. The prim
 ary target of this initiative is not only to improve OpenStreetMap. This e
 ducational project aims to promote a sense of unity and cohesion among pup
 ils and their local community.\n\nNovice users of OpenStreetMap have a dif
 ferent perspective and range of interests to more seasoned users. Conseque
 ntly\, the likelihood of acquiring new data increases. Eventually\, this w
 ork outlines how the OpenStreetMap environment’s tools can be used as Op
 en Educational Resources (OERs).\n\nThe aim of this workshop is\, firstly\
 , to enhance participants’ cartography skills and\, secondly\, focusing 
 on the local community\, to highlight aspects that are often overlooked by
  mainstream mapping services.\n\nMoreover\, pupils have created tactile ma
 ps of the school campus to assist blind individuals. This was easily and e
 fficiently done using the Touch Mapper tool.\n\nThe pupils were enthusiast
 ic about the prospect of creating a map of their own town. They were surpr
 ised to discover a database of cartographic information similar to Wikiped
 ia\, and they became even more engaged when they realised that they could 
 map a wide variety of subjects\, such as trees\, benches\, and defibrillat
 ors. Furthermore\, the workshop shifts the focus from commercial-oriented 
 mapping to a more people-centred approach.\n\nEach pupil has identified an
  area of interest and explored it. Some examined their immediate environme
 nt\, while others mapped all the beaches in the area\, and some even mappe
 d trees and street lamps. Furthermore\, some pupils have added house numbe
 rs\, which in Italy are located on every door and not on every building.\n
 \nThe project was made possible because\, in Italy\, all third-year high s
 chool pupils are required to do a practical project supervised by their te
 acher or tutor.
DTSTAMP:20260609T184911Z
LOCATION:Guadeloupe
SUMMARY:Adopt Your Town - Giacomo Alessandroni
URL:https://pretalx.com/sotm2026/talk/VPACJY/
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