OS World Map (was : Re: [OSLIST] Any learning opportunities in ...)

[Pannwitz, Michael M]

Dear Artur,
whenever someone tells me that an ost-event has taken place anywhere
and wants to be on the world map, in they go.
This map, by the way, can be incorporated into other websites
(instructions for that are on my site) and is automatically updated
whenever my webmaster changes anything in it.
The idea with the new map is to show all 174 countries in the world
with a popup window for each country which will show the names of
practitioners that choose to be shown there. Countries where there is
a facilitator will get a different color. Clicking on a facilitator
might give some more info, like an email or a website.
The number of facilitators in any box might give a hint as how widely
spread ost is in that country.
Also, it gives people the means to contact a facilitator and
facilitators to contact each other...for such things as they might
fit to contact each other for: meet for a cup of coffee, plan an
os-event, look in when a colleague does an os, organise a regional
OSonOS, share a ride to Goa, etc.
I hope to have a more complete prototype up this month.
If you want to have a look at a more developed depiction of
os-activities in one place, go to
www.openspace-landschaft.de
There you can click yourself through some 102 events that have been
facilitated by 7 facilitators in Berlin since 1996, you can also
click on branches (NGOs, Education, Business, etc....these fields are
also shown as a mindmap) and get an idea on how ost is being used in
different areas.
The search function also allows you to see which ost-events have been
facilitated by someone in a particular field.
 Each os-event has a lot of detail, many including photos and links
to the sponsor, to the meeting site, etc. As far as I know, about 200
events have occured in Berlin...and there are some 50 facilitators.
The map has been up just a few weeks and not everybody has entered
their material.
This "os-map" can be used by other people for their city, region,
country....just needs some language adaptation.
Jo Toepfer is the contact person for this complex map.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp

On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 19:26:18 +0100, Artur Ferreira da Silva wrote:

>Dear Michael and all OSers
>
>I know that there are plans for the revamping of the OST World Map, and the
>question has been discussed at the last OSonOS. (for those that have not
>noticed that, the sessions and comments on that are available
>at
>http://www.openspaceworld.org/network/wiki.cgi?OSonOSinSwenMark/OSWorldMap).
>
>Now, your mail, Michael, conducted me to see the map once again.
>
>At 15:39 06-09-2003 +0200, Pannwitz, Michael M wrote:
>>When you look at
>>http://www.michaelmpannwitz.de/openspace_map.htm
>>you see the spread of open space on this planet, including a seperate list
>>of countries where os is practiced, Vietnam is not yet in that list of 80
>>countries.
>
>Please consider the following comments and questions as some more
>suggestions for the next release. Probably my observations will be less
>important when there is a link to the OSI's and/or the pratitionners in
>each country.
>
>There are many countries in blue and a legend calling them "OST countries".
>
>I think that the expression "OST countries" is ambiguos in two senses.
>First there are no countries that "follow" OST in its gouvernance - what a
>pity! - but I would call that an "OST country". I think that you mean
>"countries where OST is practiced". But I still have some doubts about the
>meaning.
>
>How does one country qualify to be in the map? They must have at least one
>practitioner? More than one? Have had at least one OST event? More than one
>event?
>
>With 3 facilitators and less than 10 events, does Portugal really qualify?
>And Spain - are you thinking about Florian or do you know of some Spanish
>practitionners/events? And what about France - I heard about an American
>that conducted some OST events in the past - is he still there? is he still
>working in OST? Are there French practitioners that I never heard about?
>And Italy - I have seen in the Net some OST events with young regional
>associations - are you thinking about that or do you have other
>informations? And what about South-America? Of course, I am only talking
>about latin speaking countries...
>
>I would very much apreciate any informations on this
>
>Regards
>
>Artur
>
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