Innovative Location Conferences of 2012

by Andrew Turner

There are an increasing number of mapping, geospatial and location conferences each year. However many of them are marketing events with limited insight and interesting topics.

This Guide should help in finding out about the cutting edge and innovative conferences on space, place and time.

State Of The Map 2012

The 6th Annual International OpenStreetMap Conference

Japan Japan, Tokyo

6th–8th September 2012
- Community
- Crowdsourcing
- Geo
- GIS
- GPS
- Mapping
- Open Source
- OpenStreetMap
WhereCamp EU 2012

from über hacker to beginner, from GIS to neogeography, from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and beyond, from mobile, from web development. If you have an interest in geography and how it’s changing the way in which we interact with the world then you should come...

Netherlands Netherlands, Amsterdam

28th–29th April 2012
- Camp
- Geo
- GIS
- Unconference
FOSS4G-NA

Free and Open-Source Software for Geospatial - North America

United States United States, Washington

10th–11th April 2012
- FOSS
- Free Software
- Geo
- Geospatial
- GIS
- Open Source
Where 2012

The business of location

United States United States, San Francisco

2nd–4th April 2012
- Geo
- Geolocation
- Location
- Maps
- O'Reilly
WhereCamp SF 2012

an unconference for people fascinated by place

United States United States, San Francisco

31st March to 1st April 2012
- Neogeography