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Yahoo! opens its doors for WhereCamp

Posted May 31st, 2007 at 11:40 pm by Leonard Lin, Upcoming

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WhereCampGeo-enthusiasts from all over the map are gathering on the Yahoo! Sunnyvale campus this weekend (June 2-3) for WhereCamp.

WhereCamp is a free “unconference” focusing on all things geographical and cartographical. This informal meeting of minds welcomes all geo-enthusiasts, from Web 2.0 and mobile developers to social place hackers, artists, grad students, geographers, earth scientists and anybody else who wants to “know their place.”

While the conversations could take many directions, participants may decide to discuss topics like social cartography, software and hardware, context awareness, mobile development, “geeks-with-conscience” kinds of discussions, humanitarian mapping efforts, food webs and local food transparency, psychogeography, geo-games, and place hacking.

Coming together over the weekend between two popular conferences (Where 2.0 and Digital Earth) — and most likely drawing lots of people in town for both — WhereCamp promises to be well-attended and full of lively discussion.

WhereCamp kicks-off at 10:00 am Saturday morning, June 2, (arrive earlier for breakfast!) with quick intros and session planning. Once everyone is on the same page, the events and festivities will go straight through to Sunday evening.

Attendees are invited to bring a sleeping bag and spend the night chatting away on the spacious Yahoo! lawn. Food will be served, thanks to generous sponsors.

Sign up if you can on the WhereCamp Wiki so they can plan ahead, or just swing by for this free event. Of course, you can check out all the event details on Upcoming!

Leonard Lin
Hack Guy and Upcoming.org Co-Founder

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