OpenStreetMap
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It was a good chance for me to participate in the SOTM Asia 2019 Conference which was held at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) Dhaka, Bangladesh. I was one of the scholars to participate in the conference which was excited and well organized.
I had a chance to meet several participants such as students, academics, companies and the OSM community who were interested in the open data and OpenStreetMap.
It was a great opening to make a relationship with Eastern University of Sri Lanka in Batticaloa that I could able to manage two days OSM training for the students. Lecturers and students were appreciated and looking forward to hear more training in future.
Department of Geography, Eastern University of Sri Lanka has requested to me to do more activities on OSM and they are ready to contribute to develop OSM map in Sri Lanka.
I was surprised when I received an email confirmation of the scholarship to participate in the conference of SOTM 2017. It was the first time to participate in the international SOTM which was held in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan.
My application of talk SOTM 2017 was selected and I got an opportunity to present the OSM in Sri Lanka in the conference which has given me the opportunity to express my country circumstances of OSM activities and Importance of the OSM activities in Sri Lanka.