Our Mapping in OSM
Take a peek below at some of our plans for surveying (aka “exploring”) the city (and scribble in your own). View our getting started page for advice on OSM apps.
Geogeeks is a Perth meetup group having fun with open geospatial, open source GIS, and OpenStreetMap.
We're running a series of meetups and events to bring the Perth community together, and shine a light on what's happening in open geospatial. Think QGIS, PostGIS, OpenStreetMap, geospatial Python, and much more.
Upcoming events include guest speakers, mapathons, and technical workshops. Everyone welcome!
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Sunday, 08 June 2025 at 10:00AM (to 1:00PM)
The Shoe Café, Yagan Square, Perth [map]
Come explore and map the brand new Thronlie-Cockburn train link with us on opening day!
Meet us at an espresso machine by Perth Station for a coffee paid for by our sponsor, OSGeo Oceania! After the meet-and-greet over morning tea, we will ride the train to the new stations to survey and map them in OSM, as well as enjoying the opening day celebrations. I hear there are free sausage sizzles, and the trains are free (with a SmartRider) on Sundays.
Everyone is welcome; no mapping experience is necessary. Just bring a phone or tablet or a map to draw on. You will learn about OpenStreetMap (OSM) and how to survey points of interest (POIs) and more!
We’ll start the day at The Shoe Café in Yagan Square, then take the train to Thornlie Station, Nicholson Road Station, Ranford Station, and Cockburn Central Station.
Join the Geogeeks Slack to keep in touch or message Ben with any questions.
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 at 5:30PM (to 8:00PM)
Riff (Spacecubed), 45 St Georges Tce, Perth [map]
Join us for an evening of lightning talks and great company with the Perth open geospatial community.
We’ve got a fantastic lineup of speakers:
Ben Ritter 🎤 Mapping footpaths in the online OpenStreetMap editor - lessons from the workshop
Matt Briggs 🎤 Classifying lithology from geochemistry data in Orange Data Mining
Gee Fernando 🎤 Turn your Python scripts into shareable Geospatial apps with Streamlit
🍕After the talks, hang around for a casual social over pizza & drinks.
All are welcome - newcomers, veterans, and the geo-curious alike!
The event is free, but please register for catering purposes.
Proudly hosted by Geogeeks Perth, supported by OSGeo Oceania and Spacecubed.
Got an interesting geo-related technique, trick, or story about open geospatial you want to share? Email geogeeks.perth@gmail.com so we can organise a talk!
Take a peek below at some of our plans for surveying (aka “exploring”) the city (and scribble in your own). View our getting started page for advice on OSM apps.
