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.

We are not chip-tuners or projection designers. We are not moving light programmers or expert sound designers. We don't do the sexy stuff, and we like it. We are arts infrastructure geeks. We are a group of people interested in 1) Technology, computer programming, geeky stuff 2) Arts administration3) #1 used in service of #2 Marketing, analysis, grant-making, ticket-selling, modelling, reporting, cultural asset mapping, open source, service-oriented architecture, the cloud, constituent relati …

Gogobot is harnessing the power of the social web to revolutionize travel. This group is to bring travel lovers together from the NYC area. Gogobot is the best way to travel in the know and Time Magazine's Top 50 Sites to Watch of the Year! Browse destinations and plan your next trip by tapping into friends’ insider tips. What users love about Gogobot: PLAN and MAP your next trip easily! View and edit your plan anytime on the go or on www.gogobot.com. GET INSPIRED! Browse over 60,000 destinatio …

Spend Wednesday evenings in good company, making maps of your own hero’s journey and writing stories about the experience. “Art, Stories and Wine” lets you work and play with paint, ink, rubber stamps and more, to create a visual record of an important moment in your life. And along with the art, you’ll have a chance to write about the moment, using games and prompts to help you tell your unique personal story. These evenings are hosted by Oralee Wachter (“Mapping Your Hero’s Journey) and Thomas …

Updated April 23, 2013 This is one of three sites/listserves that promotes weekly games that have been going on for many many years. Stall counts are used on occasion, cleats are optional, boundaries are flexible, and all skill levels are welcome! There are two ways to stay in touch outside of Meetup.com: - Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nycultimate - Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nycultimate CURRENT SEASON - SPRING/SUMMER (Apr - Aug) During the warmer months we se …

Hi all! A clean city is a cool city where people can enjoy a healthier and happier life. A clean city is also an everyday affair where everyone can help! What can you do? Lead by example. Pickup litter yourself, not just in front of your own front door!  Join us for "Meetup & Cleanups", post your own Cleanups, request a Litter Buddy, report violations, and spread the word. (See lists below to learn more details) We are a volunteer group. Membership is free! Historically, litter has been the ba …

We meet to ride, have fun, and help others improve their skills. We ride mostly in and around the Philadelphia area but often drive farther afield to other areas. Feel free to suggest a location you'd like to ride. Helmets required on all rides. No helmet, no ride, no exception, ever. Most rides have a very good map included in the description. Don't go by the Location at the top of the page, look farther down. If you have questions about any ride, please ask them in the comments section ( …

NYC UX Acrobatics primary focus is the varied facets of UX design, research and usability. Our aim is to create monthly 'UX themed' workshop style meetings where members work with each other learning, discovering and networking on all things UX. Potential topics: paper prototyping, experience maps, user research and testing, persona dev, a/b testing, front-end best practices, RWD (Responsive Web Design), PET Design (Persuasion, Emotion, and Trust Design), competitive analysis, sketching UX, cont …

Welcome to the Psychedelic and Entheogenic Society of NYC! Our group is a safe place to discuss Entheogens and the expansion of consciousness. We discuss the work of such luminaries as Hofmann, McKenna, Pinchbeck, Abraham, Grey, Sheldrake, Leary, Grof, Lilly, the Shulgins and so much more. **Our group doesn't engage in or promote illegal activities during our Meetups. Don't join this group to get "hooked up" because you'll be removed if that's your sole intention. We are a mature, safe group.** …

Curious to know about Google Glass? The Glass API has just been released and first batch of devices are being shipped. Here's your chance to ask questions to several Google Glass Pioneers in the NYC area about Glass and what's on the horizon for wearable glass technology. Designers and developers, whether you're just curious about Glass or are waiting for your pair to land on your doorstep in the near future, come join us. Note: This event is hosted by Google Glass enthusiasts in the area and …

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN! YOU CAN VISIT US ANY DAY WE MEET OR YOU MAY CHOOSE TO ENROLL IN OUR ONGOING INTRODUCTORY CLASSES THAT ARE USUALLY HELD ONCE A WEEK. WE ALSO MEET FOR SOCIAL EVENTS AND ANYONE IS MORE THEN WELCOME TO JOIN US JUST FOR SUCH GATHERINGS. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CHARGE FOR VISITING OR LEARNING WITH US. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE FACT THAT SPIRITUALITY IS OPEN TO EVERYONE AND THERE IS NO PRICE ATTACHED TO IT. NO MATTER HOW OR HOW OFTEN YOU DECIDE TO JOIN US, WE ARE ALWAYS …

“This is a group for anyone interested in adventure programs including: rappelling, hiking, rock climbing, camping, kayaking, bouldering, AirSoft/Paintball, and business networking etc. All skills levels are welcome. I started this group to meet other outdoor enthusiasts. Looking forward to exploring the outdoors with everybody.”

"Integral theory is a school of philosophy that seeks to integrate all of human wisdom into a new, emergent worldview that is able to accommodate the gifts of all previous worldviews, including those which have been historically at odds: science and religion, eastern and western, and pre-modern, modern and post-modern." - Jeff Salzman Our Purpose: Individual and collective development in and through an integral context. This group is for seekers who wish to apply the Integral Theory lens to help …

Pennsylvania Nonbelievers Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization devoted to delivering information for rational and critical thinking. We welcome atheists, agnostics, unbelievers, secularists, humanists and those whose lives are guided by a human-centered morality, not dogma, to come join our lively discussions. Mission We seek TO UNITE all nonbelievers in these common goals: TO EDUCATE ourselves and others in the deception and dangers inherent in belief in the supernatural and i …

High Tech meetup is for Entrepreneurs and inventors who are working on cutting edge technology. This is not a meetup for just web or another exercise app. It is geared at high tech startups involved in non standard and potentially revolutionary ideas and products. Granted, everyone thinks what they make falls into that category.As an example this meetup is for people involved in material modeling, robotics, machine learning, mobile apps that are deeper than a server+table/map UI. You got the pic …

This group is the homebase for Diplomacy players in the Philadelphia area. Diplomacy, a classic board game, combines the strategy of chess with negotiation intrigue on a map of Europe, 1900. We would like to set up a monthy meetup to play diplomacy face to face and expand the hobby in the Philadelphia area. If you like to argue, this game may be for you!

"A goal properly set is halfway reached." - Abraham Lincoln "For me, goals are my road map to the life I want. They have helped me accomplish things I once thought were impossible." - Catherine Pulsifer These quotes touch upon the reasons why Hoboken Goal Setting Group ("HGSG") was formed.  The day you make goal setting and professional development a habit is the day you take your life on a different course.  Goal setting has been cited time and time again as the single differentiating factor be …

Writers mostly write. Besides writing, the second most important act is submitting. I'd like to meet once a month with a group of writers who are submitting their work.  During this meeting we can exchange ideas about motivation, where to submit certain kinds of work and the mechanics of submitting material. We can map out strategies for submitting work and make committments to the group about the process.

Hiking Around Philly is different from most hiking groups because we hike off the beaten path. We hike in the woods and the city. We go places that won't be found on any hiker's map. The events are usually within a 1.5 hour drive from Philly, though we sometimes visit NYC or the Jersey shore. Once each year we go to Acadia National Park in Maine, one of the best places in the world to hike. We sometimes participate in a conservation work party in a area we hike. And, we do a lot more than hike; …

A Meetup group for the Philadelphia Python Users Group (PhillyPUG). Meet other Python programming language enthusiasts in the Philadelphia area. Here's a map of our 2013 events.

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

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

“The mountains are calling and I must go." -- John Muir Join us for The Next Adventure - it could be hiking, backpacking, day hiking, trekking, rock and ice climbing, camping, snowboarding, skiing, backcountry snowboarding and skiing, alpine skiing, backcountry skiing and snowboarding. Alpine snowboarding and freeride snowboarding, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, alpine climbing, snow climbing, ice climbing, mixed climbing, mountaineering and we also do kayaking, canoeing, whitewater raftin …

Hello Everyone, In this ongoing workshop/talk/seminar, we'll study, discuss and practice principles of "energy" and the laws of how its vital force manifests on all levels -- your physical body, your emotional and mental life, and your peace of mind and happiness -- or the lack of any of the above. We'll study eastern (and western) teachings including "A Course in Miracles", described by Marianne Williamson as a "self-study program of spiritual psychotherapy", "Emotional Freedom Technique" ("EF …

We are a local Queens Toastmasters Club. We are a very friendly group and we all help each other. We would love to have you as a guest. The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every individual member has the opportunity to develop oral communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth. Through this mission, each Toastmaster gains a clear understanding of the club's purpose, and t …

Contact information: Lynn and Cliff Landes 217 S. Jessup Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 lynnlandes@earthlink.net 215-629-3553 Welcome to the Philadelphia Society of Small Streets (PSSS)! We are dedicated to the preservation, repair, and restoration of Philadelphia's small historic streets (approximately 200 streets, 6 feet wide).  In order to be on the Philadelphia Historic Street Paving Thematic District (PHSPTD), the street must not be paved over. See list and map: HistoricCartwayInventory …

Interested in open space, the natural world and/or historic preservation ? If so, we invite you to join the Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands (FPNL). FPNL is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the historic and natural resources of the former Princeton Nurseries Kingston Site in Kingston, NJ. Please join us for one of our events at the Mapleton Preserve in Kingston! Princeton Nurseries was one of the largest wholesale tree nurseries in the US. The core of nursery (and several hi …

Meet others who are interested in private equity and venture capital - currently working in pe or vc, looking for investment or financing opportunities or exploring pe or vc. Our meetings are causal and fun, providing members with the opportunity to network, and we will also have invited speakers/presenters. This group is made possible by Vork, the enterprise PHP framework designed for rapid development of performance-oriented scalable applications. - Vork is designed to maximize ROI from your …