Why should you attend the State of the Map?
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- You are fed-up of paying high license fees for map data that comes with restrictive licenses +
- You�ve heard of crowd-sourcing and want to understand more about the benefits it can bring to your business +
- You are looking for better ways to engage your customers or constituents +
The State of the Map 2009 features talks from OpenStreetMap and Industry leaders, including:
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+Other activities include:
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- The OpenStreetMap Application Challenge � hear from the startups, who are building innovative businesses ontpp of OSM data +
- Live demos and workshops +
- Networking opportunities and social events +

Steve Coast
+OpenStreetMap Founder, Chair of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, "OSM Enables the World"
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Peter Batty
+Spatial Networking Founder, former Intergraph CTO, "Geodata creation: past, present and future"
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Muki Haklay
+University College London, "Beyond Good Enough? Spatial Data Quality and OSM"
+James Rutter
+Surrey-HeathCouncil, "Making the Switch to OpenStreetMap"
+Jochen Topf
+GeoFabrik, "Creating Quality the OSM Way"
+Nick Black
+CloudMade, "Unleash your Application's Potential with CloudMade"
+Gary Gale
+Yahoo!, "Geographic Intelligence via an Open Strategy"
+Peter Miller
+ITO World, "Operating a UK wide Multi-modal journey planner and the role of user contributed data"
+State of the Map Sponsors:
++ CloudMade + AND + Knowledge for business + ITO + DevelopmentSeed + Offline maps on the iPhone + Nestoria + Tagzania Services + GPS Media Partner +
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