OpenStreetMap Hack Weekend DC is an osm hackathon in Arlington, VA running from Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 9:00 AM to Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 6:00 PM (ET).
An OpenStreetMap Hack Weekend is a meet-up where we bring along laptops to an office space and spend the weekend doing some technical work to improve OpenStreetMap. This may be development of the “core” components, the editors, or any other side projects and pet projects we fancy hacking on. OpenStreetMap has development tasks sprouting from it in all directions. There’s work to do in almost any programming language, as well as tasks like documentation, and even some non-technical graphics design and translation tasks.
If OpenStreetMap Hack Weekend DC is anything like the event in London, it’ll be a smorgasbord of hard-core development, tutorials and drinking!
Source: blog.geoiq.com
The JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit provides tools for creating Interactive Data Visualizations for the Web.
Source: thejit.org
Once the exclusive domain of programmers, code is now being used by a new generation of designers, artists, and architects eager to explore how software can enable innovative ways of generating form and translating ideas.
Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture offers an in-depth look at the use of software in a wide range of creative disciplines.
Source: formandcode.com
Matthew Ericson’s slides from his presentation on how the NY Times graphics department uses maps to explain the news and help readers better understand what’s happening in the world around them.
A must read for all aspring data-journalists.
Source: ericson.net
