Naksha 2021 - a national level Mapathon organized by the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University's NSS Cell, is a one week mapping party that aims at the learning and understanding of the OpenStreetMap (OSM) among people and at creating a free editable map with data that all can access. Programme is organized by Government Engineering College Wayanad (Unit no: 168 & 263), Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Engineering Kasaragod (Unit no:179 & 683), College of Engineering and Management Punnapra (Unit no:558 & 630).
APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (initially Kerala Technological University), is a State Government University that came into existence on May 21, 2014 with an aim to give leadership to the technology related policy formulation and Engineering Planning for the State. It also emphasizes to improve the academic standards of the Graduate, Post Graduate and Research Programmes in Engineering Science, Technology and Management and regulate the academic standards of all colleges affiliated to the University. The main thrust areas of the University are Research, Development and Innovation.
The National Service Scheme (NSS) is a Central Sector Scheme of the Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. It provides opportunity to the student youth of 11th & 12th Class of schools at +2 Board level and student youth of Technical Institution, Graduate & Post Graduate at colleges and University level of India to take part in various government led community service activities & programmes.The sole aim of the NSS is to provide hands on experience to young students in delivering community service. Since inception of the NSS in the year 1969, the number of students strength increased from 40,000 to over 3.8 million up to the end of March 2018. Students in various universities, colleges and Institutions of higher learning have volunteered to take part in various community service programmes.
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. The geodata underlying the map is considered the primary output of the project. The creation and growth of OSM has been motivated by restrictions on use or availability of map data across much of the world, and the advent of inexpensive portable satellite navigation devices. OSM Kerala and OSM India communities are actively functioning.
Mapathon Keralam is an initiative aimed at preparing to map all public assets in Kerala and use them for charitable purposes. This is made possible by the participation of the public in developing the ability to make a map. Any Indian citizen can be a part of the mapathon. It is our responsibility to mark our country on the map!
Objectives of Naksha 2021
Make OSM familiar to everyone.
Emphasize mapping quality.
Expand the OSM community.
Programme details
❏ Jan10 to Jan16 2021, 7 pm to 9 pm.
❏ Programme will be conducted on alternative days with two hours tutorial class basically including two topics.
❏ The classes will be handled by OSM Community Members / OSM expert mappers .
❏ Sessions will be conducted for familiarizing the tools and windows used in mapping and also on how mapping shall be done.
❏ Telegram / WhatsApp group link will be provided along with the registration form.
❏ The platform for conducting the classes is Zoom application. There will also be live streaming on YouTube. The selected 400+ participants can attend the Zoom meet. Rest of the volunteers can join via YouTube live stream.
❏ Ask any questions you may have at the Telegram group.
Rules
❏ ”#Naksha2021” must be included during mapping.
❏ Every changesets will be inquired by the validation team.
❏ Certificate will not be provided for malpractices and false entries.
❏ Winners will be selected randomly and exciting prizes will be gifted to those volunteers.
❏ Feedback form will be provided at the end of each session, through which attendance shall be monitored.
❏ All are requested to join either the Telegram (preferable) or WhatsApp group in which further instructions will be provided.
❏ The decision taken by the Programme Committee will be final.
During 2019 around 100 NSS programme Officers (PO) were trained with the help of IT mission and during four weeks in March-April 2020 regional meetings were conducted using Zoom application for NSS PO's and training sessions using Zoom were conducted for volunteers from various regionals. All these meetings were found very effective for creating awareness about OSM. 14 colleges were identified as training centers for geo tagging and PO's from these institutions are well trained to conduct training sessions. During May 2020, 5 days internships were provided to 1100 students from the University in the area of geo mapping using OSM. Even after all these efforts the number of students who are aware about the OSM is only a fraction of student strength of the University.
Naksha 2021 - a national level Mapathon organized by the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University's NSS Cell is a one week mapping party that aims at the learning and understanding of the OpenStreetMap (OSM) among people and at creating a free editable map with data that all can access.
With open source maps providing access to map data, The Future of Maps is Open!
