For centuries, Boston Light has peered through the fog as a guide to mariners in the harbor. Every contribution you make to OpenHistoricalMap will serve as a landmark to guide other local historical mappers through the fog of time and the vastness of an unmapped world. Learn some strategies for finding interesting things to map, mapping those things without getting lost yourself, and ultimately telling stories about this history.
Speaker
Minh Nguyễn
Minh is a mapper, Wikipedian, and incurable roadgeek. He lives in San José, California.
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