State Of The Map 2011

We’re proud to announce a new media partner for State of the Map 2011: Professional Surveyor Magazine

They will cover our conference in their printed edition, on their website and also in their newsletters.

“Professional Surveyor Magazine is North America’s leading source of information on emerging technologies and business strategy for geospatial professionals, including land and hydrographic surveyors, photogrammetrists, and GIS professionals. Published with it are the annual supplements Aerial Mapping and Surveyor’s Red Pages, the e-newsletter Pangaea, and PSM en Español.

Our newest publication, the monthly PSM Field Notes e-newsletter, brings you up-to-the-moment news in a convenient email format.  Connect with editor-at-large T.J. Frazier to discuss the state of the profession, get updates from the latest industry events, and click to access the wide array of resources on our website.”

As the saying goes, the early bird catches the best price to State of the Map. And there is a limited time left to catch discounts of up to $200!

Photo by Robert@EOS cc by Flickr

Be sure to register now before June 15th, 2011!

See you in Denver.

Time is closing in on this years State of the Map event! In about 4 months we hope to see all of you in Denver. And there is only 30 days left to submit your own maptastick part of SOTM11:

• Talk – present your paper in a 20 minute slot with time for questions afterwards
• Posters – display your paper during the conference.
• Panel Discussion – discuss your paper with a panel of people and the audience.
• Workshop – up to 2 hour sessions that give OSMers the chance to take part in an in depth tutorial
• Lightning Talk – 5 minutes to say your piece. More info and sign up later.

Be sure to get your proposal in before it’s too late!

It is a beautiful thing:

HotelsCombined.com, the world’s largest hotel price comparison website is offering support to participants of The 5th Annual International OpenStreetMap Conference 2011. An exclusive 10% rebate is given to hotels booked via their website for all attendees.

Start your search for Denver and visit the conference support page for instructions on how to claim the rebate.

The city of Denver has been so kind to set up a website specifically for our event. On it you can find tons of information about the city itself, travel, weather, fun stuff to do, restaurants and bars and other events.

How else would you have known that there’s going to be an Oktoberfest Denver in the week after SOTM11?

The website can be found at www.visitdenver.org/OSM