State of the Map Kerala 2025/Programs
State of the Map Kerala 2025
15,16 Nov 2025, Kannur University Campus, Payyannur, Kerala
This is a draft. Sessions and timings may vary.
| Day 1 (November 15, 2025) | |||||
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| Session # | Time | Session Details | |||
| 1 | 9:00 AM | Welcome Manoj Karingamadathil State of the Map Kerala 2025, Organizing Committee | |||
| 2 | 9:15 AM | Chair Addressing Gathering Dr. Jayapal G Associate Professor & Head of the Department | |||
| 3 | 9:30 AM | Opening Ceremony: Inauguration | |||
| 4 | Participatory Panchayat Resource Mapping: Scope and Challenges Dr. Srikumar Chattopadhyay Retd Scientist, Centre for Earth Science Studies; Consultant, Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council | ||||
| 5 | 10:15 AM | Keynote Address Mapping for resilient Kerala Dr. Sekhar Lukose Kuriakose Member Secretary, Kerala State Disaster Management Authority | |||
| 5 | 10:45 AM | Foundation Address Board Members, OpenStreetMap Foundation | |||
| 11:00 AM Tea Break | |||||
| 6 | 11:15 AM | Maps for Decision Making and Story Telling Raj Bhagat Palanichamy Senior Manager, GeoAnalytics, World Resources Institute (WRI) India | |||
| 7 | 11:45 PM | Navigating the World: Enhancing the Accessibility of OpenStreetMap for the Visually Impaired Community K. Sathyaseelan and Nalin Sathyan Zendalona | |||
| 8 | 12:15 PM | State of the Map Kerala 2025 Reporting Jaisen Nedumpala OpenStreetMap Kerala Community | |||
| 8 | 12:45 PM | Group Photo | |||
| Lunch Break | |||||
| 9 | 2:00 PM | GIS for Micro and Pico Watershed Development Dr. Radhakrishnan Kinattinkara Former Professor of Geology & Geomatics, Nitte University | |||
| 10 | 2:15 PM | Mapping as a Tool for Conservation of Critically Endangered Mangrove Ecosystems of South India: A Case Study from Kannur District of Kerala M. Ramith & P. P. Rajan | |||
| 11 | 2:30 PM | Protecting Our Shoreline Protectors: Experimenting with a New Conservation Model Dr. Sanal C. Viswanath Assistant Manager and Officer-in-Charge, Kannur Kandal Project, Wildlife Trust of India | |||
| 12 | 2:45 PM | Advancing Biodiversity Research through iNaturalist- Integrating Citizen Science and Open Data for Ecological Insights Sneha C iNaturalist Kerala Community; Department of Forestry, Sir Syed College, Taliparamba | |||
| 13 | 3:00 PM | Spatial Distribution of Sacred Groves in Thiruvananthapuram Taluk, Kerala, South India Parvathy G Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram | |||
| 14 | 3:15 PM | TomTom's Journey with OpenStreetMap Communities Kiran Ahire Community Manager, Asia Pacific, TomTom | |||
| Tea Break | |||||
| 15 | 3:30 PM | 1 Year of amche.in - How We Built a Reusable Open Source Map Data Library for Goa Arun Ganesh Goa Foundation | |||
| 16 | 3:45 PM | Wikidata Birthday Ranjith Siji | |||
| Lightning Talks | |||||
| 17 | 4:00 PM | GTA Vice City Styled OpenStreetMap Subin Siby | |||
| 18 | 4:15 PM | Making Open Data Useful: Lessons from Diagram Chasing Aman Bhargava and Vivek Matthew Diagram Chasing | |||
| 19 | 4:30 PM | A Journey of Building Scientific Temperament Through Maps Ark Arjun Geominds | |||
| 20 | 4:45 PM | Parliamentary Informatics Project on Interventions in Kerala Legislative Assembly Arun PS Atyeti Research Athul R T Sahya Foundation | |||
| 21 | 5:00 PM | Mapping Malayalam Books: A Linked Data - Geospatial Experiment Manoj Karingamadathil Grandham Project, Sahya Digital Conservation Foundation | |||
| L1 | 5:10 PM | Assessment of Multihazard Vulnerability in Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu Pratheesha P Dr. R. Satheesh Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS, M G University, Kottayam | |||
| L2 | 5:20 PM | Sustainable Development Goal Assessment using Weighted Overlay Method Amaya Prakash M P Dr. R. Satheesh Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS, M G University, Kottayam | |||
| Day 2 (November 16, 2025) | |||||
| Session # | Time | Session Details | |||
| 1 | 6:30 AM | Mangrove Walk to Kannur Kandal Project Lead by: VC Balakrishnan, Sneha C, Vimal, Haritha | |||
| Morning Parallel Sessions | |||||
| Session # | Time | Track 1 | Track 2 | ||
| 2 | 10:30 AM | OSM Introduction Workshop Vipin OSM Kerala |
Wikidata Workshop for Data Visualization of Kerala Local Body Election 2025 Jinoy Tom Jacob, Athul RT Wikidata Kerala Project |
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| 3 | 11:30 AM | TomTom's Workshop Kiran Ahire Community Manager, Asia Pacific, TomTom |
School Mapping Ranjith, Vijayan Mash, Kelvin, Manoj, Rajaneesh |
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| Lunch Break | |||||
| Afternoon Parallel Sessions | |||||
| Session # | Time | Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | |
| 4 | 2:00 PM | QGIS Workshop Arjun, Jaisen OSGeo Kerala |
Creating High Resolution Print Maps with OSM Vector Tiles in QGIS Arun Ganesh Goa Foundation |
Field Mapping Jothish, Rajaneesh | |
| Tea Break | |||||
| 5 | 4:00 PM | Closing Ceremony | |||