Web 2.0 Mapping and Social Networks Group

Greetings! My name is Catherine Burton and I am your organizer. Thanks for your interest in our group. We're glad you're here.

Our group is about sharing, teaching, learning, and networking around current and future web-related geospatial and social networking applications and technology. We meet regularly on the third Tuesday evening of every month at Google in Silicon Valley, California. For two hours we build fellowship around web 2.0, mashups, maps, programming, GIS, entrepreneurship, LBS, imaging, social networks, well-funded and unfunded companies, and other goodies.

Presentations run the gamut of our community: from hardware to web-based applications, hackers to scientists, start-ups to billion-dollar companies. Most of all this Meetup is an opportunity for people who spend a lot of time facing screens to face each other and talk about what flies and fails in tech.

Our London Chapter: http://gmdlondon.ning.com/ Archived Video Podcasts: http://www.endpointenvironmental.com/W2MSNmeetingvideos.html Archived Audio Podcasts: http://www.directionsmag.com/author.php?author_id=505 LinkedIn.com Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=50828

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Past events

  • Keep Thursday, March 22th open for the next WebMapSocial

    Fri, 23 Mar 2012, 01:30 - 03:30 in Mountain View, United States

    We have a slight change of date to adapt to Google room availability.We'll be meeting next on Thursday, March 22, 2012 instead of the original Tuesday, March 20.  The exact location at Google is still TBD.We'll send out an e-mail when location and, of course, speakers are finalized.  Hope to see you there!

  • Paper Maps -- Pulsar Maps

    Wed, 18 Jan 2012, 02:30 - 04:30 in Mountain View, United States

    Note: our location at Google, Mt View, hasn't been fixed yet.  Please check back here!We've got two talks that really span some sort of a spectrum -- from that detailed map spread out on the car seat next to the realtor hot on the hunt for her client's perfect next home to an invisible map in the sky to help you navigate on your next inter-planetary or even extra-solar system trip.Map Publishing in a Digital Ageaka Swimming Carefully amidst the Big Fish

  • New Location! 11/15 Meetup: Lightning Talks, Raffle (Amazon Kindle) and ....

    Wed, 16 Nov 2011, 03:00 - 05:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Hey Folks: Last minute location/room change.Please use this map to find our spot.GoogleCrittendon CampusRoom: Maxwell Tech Talk1300 Crittendon Lane, Building CL3Mountain View, CAWe've got five great lightning talks lined up for November. A nice spread of topics and presenters:  Social & Geo, individuals and folks in big organizations. Don't forget to take advantage of the opportunity to talk with the speakers before, during, and after the talks.

  • Sept 20th (New Meeting Location): Stanford Peace Map, StreetFlow

    Wed, 21 Sep 2011, 02:00 - 04:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Greetings Members and Friends,We are meeting in a new room (The Beacon Rock Room) in the YouTube building at Google West.  Please review the location and specific directions in "How to find us."  Dinner/beverages generously donated by Google.We have two presentations scheduled and are waiting to hear back from one more.  Join us for an interesting evening of theory, practice and possibility.Stanford Peace MapPresented by:Mark NelsonCollaboration Evangelist

  • Post Where 2.0/WhereCamp debrief....

    Wed, 27 Apr 2011, 02:00 - 04:00 in Mountain View, United States

    We're meeting up post-Where events.  Join us for a slew of cool presentations not seen before.  Note, to avoid conflict with Where we're meeting on April 26th, the fourth Tuesday in April not our usual and time-immemorial third Tuesday.  Also, we're at Google but not in the Kiev Conference Room (it's under construction); we'll let you know when we have another spot locked down.  Keep checking back for more information.Alec and Catherine

  • WebMapSocial February 15, 2011: First Meetup of 2011 -- Save the Date!

    Wed, 16 Feb 2011, 03:00 - 05:00 in Mountain View, United States

    We'll be moving to an every-other-month format for at least the first half of 2011. Still the same third Tuesday of the month, though. And still the same gracious hosting by Google. (Thanks, Google!).We're shooting for more common topic-oriented sessions. So send in your suggestions for topics and great speakers (maybe even yourself and your colleagues!).Hope to see you in February.Catherine & Alec

  • WebMapSocial - 04/20/10

    Wed, 21 Apr 2010, 02:00 - 04:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Details to follow soon...Thanks for your interest!Catherine and Alec

  • Crisis Mapping - Haiti and beyond

    Wed, 17 Mar 2010, 02:00 - 04:00 in Mountain View, United States

    We're interested in holding a Meetup about what happens on the geoweb when we collectively experience an environmental crisis. The digital outreach after the earthquake in Haiti was remarkable and well worth reflection.If you or someone you know is available to present on this topic, please contact us: Catherine @[email protected] or Alec @ [email protected] you.

  • WebMapSocial Silicon Valley March Meetup

    Wed, 17 Mar 2010, 02:00 - 04:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Hello Map Lovers,HAPPY NEW YEAR! Out with the old and in with the new - hallelujah!December's Hackathon was a great success. Around 70 of us had a lot of fun hangin' out, writing code, swapping stories, connecting with old buddies, and making new friends.For the January 19th Meetup, we encourage all amateur programmers, business owners, tech lovers, marketing personnel, and developers to give a five-minute demo of your map or social app-related widget.

  • WebMapSocial Silicon Valley February Meetup

    Wed, 17 Feb 2010, 03:00 - 05:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Hello Map Lovers,HAPPY NEW YEAR! Out with the old and in with the new - hallelujah!December's Hackathon was a great success. Around 70 of us had a lot of fun hangin' out, writing code, swapping stories, connecting with old buddies, and making new friends.For the January 19th Meetup, we encourage all amateur programmers, business owners, tech lovers, marketing personnel, and developers to give a five-minute demo of your map or social app-related widget.

  • February Meetup: Map Indoors

    Wed, 17 Feb 2010, 03:00 - 05:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Greetings,We will have more information later, but at the moment a preview of February's Meetup:Micello, Inc., mobile application for indoor maps - presented by Prakash Narayan, CTO

  • WebMapSocial Silicon Valley January Meetup

    Wed, 20 Jan 2010, 03:00 - 05:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Greetings new and old members: Thanks as always for supporting our humble Meetup group. I look forward to seeing and speaking with all of you this coming Tuesday. I'm really exicted to host these terrific guys who build things that make life oh so interesting... [divider] Mapping Historical Photographs for the Common Good. Old and free stuff can be sexy too!

  • WebMapSocial Silicon Valley December Meetup

    Wed, 16 Dec 2009, 03:00 - 05:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Greetings new and old members: Thanks as always for supporting our humble Meetup group. I look forward to seeing and speaking with all of you this coming Tuesday. I'm really exicted to host these terrific guys who build things that make life oh so interesting... [divider] Mapping Historical Photographs for the Common Good. Old and free stuff can be sexy too!

  • Silicon Valley Geo Hackathon hosted by WebMapSocial and Google

    Tue, 15 Dec 2009, 21:30 - 23:30 in Mountain View, United States

    Google is hosting a Hackathon for Geo developers in Silicon Valley! Join us on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 from 1:30PM to 9:30PM at Google HQ, in the Bodega Bay room of 1950 Charleston Ave., for a Hackathon covering the Google Geo APIs: The Google Maps API for JavaScript V2 and V3 The Google Maps API for Flash The Google Earth API KML The Google Maps Data API Google Engineers will be there to help out with any questions.

  • WebMapSocial Silicon Valley November Meetup

    Fri, 20 Nov 2009, 03:00 - 05:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Presentation details coming soon. [divider] We meet in Kiev Training Room of Building 40 at Google HQ in Mountain View. To locate our meeting place, use this map . If you've never been there, you may need a few extra minutes to navigate through the campus. To get to Kiev Training Room, you must enter through the lobby of Building 40. Once in the lobby, Google requires that you sign an electronic NDA. Please be courteous of their professional space and grant them this request.

  • WebMapSocial Silicon Valley October Meetup

    Wed, 21 Oct 2009, 02:00 - 04:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Hi! August's WebMapSocial was a very nice evening. Much thanks to everyone who participated. Quick FYI: our October event will be on the 6th; that is the first - not third - Tuesday of the month. We've changed the date to accommodate the mapping software company Ortelius (they're flying in from Indiana). We will also be featuring WebMapSocial member Ragi Burhum presenting an overview of PostGIS "and friends." Please make a note of the change.

  • WebMapSocial Silicon Valley September Meetup

    Wed, 16 Sep 2009, 02:00 - 04:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Hi! [divider] We meet in Kiev Training Room of Building 40 at Google HQ in Mountain View. To locate our meeting place, use this map . If you've never been there, you may need a few extra minutes to navigate through the campus. To get to Kiev Training Room, you must enter through the lobby of Building 40. Once in the lobby, Google requires that you sign an electronic NDA. Please be courteous of their professional space and grant them this request.

  • August Meetup: Aha Mobile, and Google Data APIs for iPhone

    Wed, 19 Aug 2009, 02:00 - 04:00 in Mountain View, United States

    Hi! July's Meetup was a great success. We had our largest attendance ever - 88 people. Thank you all for your participation and support. We have two presentations scheduled for August: Aha Mobile and a presentation on Google Data APIs for iPhone. Please check back periodically for more information. [divider] We meet in Kiev Training Room of Building 40 at Google HQ in Mountain View. To locate our meeting place, use this map .

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