State of the Map conference
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State of the Map conference is the annual global gathering of the OpenStreetMap community, featuring talks, workshops, and discussions on mapping, open data, and geospatial technology.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of the Map conference canonical | 3 |
| State of the Map regional conferences | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10827947 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State of the Map conference Context triple: [OpenStreetMap, hasCommunityEvent, State of the Map conference]
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A.
Eureka Conference
The Eureka Conference, better known as the Tehran Conference, was the 1943 World War II meeting where Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin coordinated Allied strategy and discussed plans for the postwar world.
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B.
CHI Conference
The CHI Conference is a premier annual international academic conference focused on human–computer interaction and human factors in computing systems.
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C.
Code for America
Code for America is a nonprofit organization that partners with governments to improve public services through user-centered design, open-source technology, and civic tech innovation.
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D.
BarCamp
BarCamp is an open, participatory “unconference” format where attendees collaboratively set the agenda and share knowledge through informal sessions.
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E.
Capitol Hill Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party is an annual multi-day music and arts festival held in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, featuring local and national acts across multiple stages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State of the Map conference Target entity description: State of the Map conference is the annual global gathering of the OpenStreetMap community, featuring talks, workshops, and discussions on mapping, open data, and geospatial technology.
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A.
Eureka Conference
The Eureka Conference, better known as the Tehran Conference, was the 1943 World War II meeting where Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin coordinated Allied strategy and discussed plans for the postwar world.
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B.
CHI Conference
The CHI Conference is a premier annual international academic conference focused on human–computer interaction and human factors in computing systems.
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C.
Code for America
Code for America is a nonprofit organization that partners with governments to improve public services through user-centered design, open-source technology, and civic tech innovation.
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D.
BarCamp
BarCamp is an open, participatory “unconference” format where attendees collaboratively set the agenda and share knowledge through informal sessions.
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E.
Capitol Hill Block Party
Capitol Hill Block Party is an annual multi-day music and arts festival held in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, featuring local and national acts across multiple stages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
OpenStreetMap event
ⓘ
conference ⓘ |
| audience |
OpenStreetMap contributors
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenStreetMap
geospatial professionals ⓘ mapping community ⓘ open data advocates ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
OpenStreetMap data quality
ⓘ
OpenStreetMap ecosystem ⓘ OpenStreetMap editors ⓘ OpenStreetMap tools ⓘ cartography ⓘ community building ⓘ data licensing ⓘ humanitarian mapping ⓘ mapping in developing countries ⓘ open licenses ⓘ open-source geospatial software ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
community meetings
ⓘ
lightning talks ⓘ mapping sessions ⓘ panel discussions ⓘ talks ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
in-person conference
ⓘ
live-streamed sessions ⓘ recorded talks ⓘ |
| hasOutput |
conference proceedings
ⓘ
presentation slides ⓘ video recordings ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | State of the Map conference ⓘ |
| organizedBy | OpenStreetMap Foundation ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
FOSS4G conference
ⓘ
linked to:
FOSS4G
OpenStreetMap Foundation local chapters ⓘ
linked to:
OpenStreetMap Foundation
State of the Map regional conferences ⓘ
linked to:
State of the Map conference
|
| scope | global ⓘ |
| shortName | SotM ⓘ |
| supports |
OpenStreetMap community networking
ⓘ
collaboration between mappers and organizations ⓘ knowledge sharing about mapping ⓘ |
| topic |
OpenStreetMap
ⓘ
collaborative mapping ⓘ digital mapping ⓘ geospatial technology ⓘ open data ⓘ |
| website | https://stateofthemap.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: State of the Map conference Description of subject: State of the Map conference is the annual global gathering of the OpenStreetMap community, featuring talks, workshops, and discussions on mapping, open data, and geospatial technology.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
State of the Map conference
subject linked to:
State of the Map conference
linked to: State of the Map conference