Meet other locals with an interest in maps, GIS and Open Source mapping tools. OpenStreetMap is the "Wiki-style map of everything" and is committed to creating map tools and map data that can be used in creative and unexpected ways. Meet with other OpenStreetMappers to share experiences, surveying tips, mapping strategy and software help.

At this time, we've merged with the Society and Social Development Meetup group, which is about any aspect of society and social development, where social development can include any aspect of social progress, including community development, technological development, artistic development, ethical development, futurism, social evolution, development and cultural diversity, relevant fiction or science fiction about social development, etc. That can include viewing society and social development …

Anybody can have a beer and play along at one of the quiz nights in Hoboken, Jersey City, or Morristown... but we're here because we play for fun AND we play to win! We know we're smart and a few drinks later, we're even smarter. We're fanatic about pop culture, we watch sportscenter, and read the journal many days too. Yes, we watch Entourage and Jersey Shore as guilty pleasures but don't think we don't remember our history, science, & geography from the school days. We're trivia badasses bu …

I-Ching has been used for more than 5000 years as a method to make decisions and to know the future. It is a source of wisdom and inspiration. Feng Shui uses the laws of both Heaven (astronomy) and Earth (geography) to help one improve life by receiving positive energy.

Do you enjoy wine?  Learning?  An expert?  Are you 30+ and looking for a way to meet down to earth people who share your enjoyment of wine? About every 6 weeks, the Manhattan and Astoria Wine & Social will either put together a food and wine dinner, find a great deal at a good wine bar, or even just go to a good wine bar.  If you are looking for relaxed folks who can find no better way to start or end and evening than with good wine, you have found the place. We are non-discriminatory on geograp …

This is a group for those who like games based on trivia. Games to be played include Trivial Pursuit (natch), Bezzerwizzer, Blast From The Past, Chronology, Facts in Five, The Logo Game, Smart Ass, 20 Questions, Wits and Wagers, You Must Be An Idiot and more. Different games will be played at each meetup, and there's over 30 games. Meetups will take place in Manhattan on weekends, at least twice a month, more often if the group catches on. IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ - while these games are mostly e …

A forum for networking and discussion related to SharePoint; specifically, this group is for professionals in the York, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Capital Region, Central PA geography.

Do you you have a love of maps and history? Are you interested in the environment through an historical lens? Often we are taught subjects as self-contained disciplines, but in reality there are many natural forces which effect an historical event, such as plagues, landforms, climate, wind and ocean currents. This group isn't about reciting dates or capitals--we explore people, places and events and the the way the natural world has affected history and vice versa. It's really amazing stuff!

Mappers and OpenStreetMap users, developers and enthusiasts in the New York Metropolitan area.