5th Anniversary Party
We’re not really sure how it started, but archaeological evidence suggests that it was approximately five years ago when Steve Coast created the OpenStreetMap project, kicking off the wonderful worldwide mapping collaboration we all know and love. To celebrate this approximate anniversary, it was the OpenStreetMap 5th Anniversary party on Saturday. And this year there was cake! There was cake in Japan, cake in Toronto, and cake in London. …and then there were more cakes in London:
All in all, a lot of cake was eaten, and we had a great gathering, with key community figures travelling from afar to be there (There was the small matter of the Foundation AGM too, but clearly most of us were there for the cake) It’s always been a global project, but we’re really starting to feel it now, with a multiligual website, multilingual maps (experimental), and a more international team on the foundation board for the coming year. Clearly it was only natural that we party across several continents on OSM’s 5th birthday, and expressed our global ambitions through the medium of cake!
More photos on the wiki page and Steve has posted a video interview with London cakemakers
August 25th, 2009 - Posted by Harry Wood | 1 Comments
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on August 31st, 2009 at 7:49 am
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