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DESCRIPTION:La République des Cartes ("The Republic of Maps") is a French 
 civic initiative launched by IGN\, the national mapping agency and fifteen
  partners to put cartography at the service of democratic participation\, 
 territorial decision-making and popular education. \n\nIts first "Jour de 
 la Carte" ("Map Day")\, held on 4 February 2026\, brought together around 
 115 grass-roots events across France: in town halls\, schools\, public lib
 raries\, design schools\, urban-planning agencies and citizen collectives.
  The 2027 edition aims at 500 - 1000 events and at extending the movement 
 internationally.\n\nBehind the initiative is a simple intuition. Maps are 
 everywhere in our daily lives. They shape what we see\, what we don't see\
 , and the choices we make as citizens. Yet most people never get to make a
  map\, question one\, or discuss one collectively. La République des Cart
 es gathers a broad coalition to change that - cartographers\, designers\, 
 elected officials\, teachers\, researchers\, urban planners\, and partners
  ranging from Banque des Territoires\, Vinci Group (La Fabrique de la Cit
 é and Leonard)\, OVHcloud\, Ubisoft\, DocaPoste\, LaPoste\, NoDesign and 
 a lot more.\n\nThis talk will share what we learned from the first edition
 \, the strategy and ambitions for 2026-2027 and the open-licensed tools th
 at have been built and tested in the field - including a 60-minute discuss
 ion workshop\, an exhibition kit and a collaborative board game.\n\nFor th
 e OpenStreetMap community\, this is also an invitation. The 2027 edition w
 ill be meaningful if it connects more with the people who actually make ma
 ps. The worldwide OSM community is among the most legitimate\, organised a
 nd demanding of those communities\, and we are explicitly looking for amba
 ssadors and partners who would like to bring a Map Day event to their terr
 itory\, in their own language\, in their own way.\n\nThe 40-minute slot wi
 ll be split: about 20 minutes for the presentation\, 20 minutes for a part
 icipatory segment based on the first part of our "Map that we need" worksh
 op\, so that the audience leaves with a concrete tool - and ideally a few 
 new ideas about which maps the OSM ecosystem could help bring to life.
DTSTAMP:20260609T202113Z
LOCATION:Guadeloupe
SUMMARY:The Republic of Maps : Together\, let's unlock the power of maps to
  build democracy - Matthieu Chatry
URL:https://pretalx.com/sotm2026/talk/CWT8FR/
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