<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, &lt;a href="https://edent.tel" target="_blank"&gt;Terence Eden&lt;/a&gt; talks about his project &lt;a href="https://openbenches.org" target="_blank"&gt;OpenBenches&lt;/a&gt;, which aims to create a database of memorial benches around the world. He discusses how the project started, the challenges they faced, and the impact it has had. Terence also shares his thoughts on gamification and the future of mapping with &lt;a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org" target="_blank"&gt;OpenStreetMap&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="https://fediverse.info" target="_blank"&gt;Fediverse&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.Tracey_Emin" target="_blank"&gt;Tracey_Emin&lt;/a&gt; (artist)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/vision/" target="_blank"&gt;Google Cloud Vision&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ancestry.com" target="_blank"&gt;Ancestry.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.findagrave.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Find a Grave&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://streetcomplete.app" target="_blank"&gt;Street Complete app&lt;/a&gt; for Android&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://wordpress.com/blog/2023/10/11/activitypub/" target="_blank"&gt;WordPress ActivityPub Plugin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Terence's blog: &lt;a href="https://shkspr.mobi/" target="_blank"&gt;shkspr.mobi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Find or contact Terence: &lt;a href="https://edent.tel" target="_blank"&gt;edent.tel&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Support the show via &lt;a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/genebean" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Me a Coffee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Send a boost with a new podcast app such as &lt;a href="https://fountain.fm/genebean?code=5cb3b5f06a" target="_blank"&gt;Fountain&lt;/a&gt; or via &lt;a href="https://conshax.app/support/volunteertechnologist" target="_blank"&gt;conshax.app/support/volunteertechnologist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See all the ways to contribute, and what producing this podcast costs, at &lt;a href="https://www.volunteertechnologist.com/contribute/" target="_blank"&gt;volunteertechnologist.com/contribute/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can find me on Mastodon at &lt;a href="https://podcastindex.social/@volunteertechnologist" target="_blank"&gt;podcastindex.social/@volunteertechnologist&lt;/a&gt; You can also reach me via &lt;a href="https://www.volunteertechnologist.com/contact/" target="_blank"&gt;volunteertechnologist.com/contact/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit &lt;a href="https://www.volunteertechnologist.com/" target="_blank"&gt;volunteertechnologist.com&lt;/a&gt; for show notes, transcripts, or more information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Volunteer Technologist

Gene Liverman

Uncovering the Stories Behind Memorial Benches with Terrence Eden

MAR 1, 202422 MIN
Volunteer Technologist

Uncovering the Stories Behind Memorial Benches with Terrence Eden

MAR 1, 202422 MIN

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<p>In this episode, <a href="https://edent.tel" target="_blank">Terence Eden</a> talks about his project <a href="https://openbenches.org" target="_blank">OpenBenches</a>, which aims to create a database of memorial benches around the world. He discusses how the project started, the challenges they faced, and the impact it has had. Terence also shares his thoughts on gamification and the future of mapping with <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">OpenStreetMap</a> and the <a href="https://fediverse.info" target="_blank">Fediverse</a>.<br /><br /><strong>Links:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://en.Tracey_Emin" target="_blank">Tracey_Emin</a> (artist)</li><li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/vision/" target="_blank">Google Cloud Vision</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ancestry.com" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a></li><li><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/" target="_blank">Find a Grave</a></li><li><a href="https://streetcomplete.app" target="_blank">Street Complete app</a> for Android</li><li><a href="https://wordpress.com/blog/2023/10/11/activitypub/" target="_blank">WordPress ActivityPub Plugin</a></li><li>Terence's blog: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/" target="_blank">shkspr.mobi</a></li><li>Find or contact Terence: <a href="https://edent.tel" target="_blank">edent.tel</a>&nbsp;</li></ul></p> <p><br />Support the show via <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/genebean" target="_blank">Buy Me a Coffee</a><br /><br />Send a boost with a new podcast app such as <a href="https://fountain.fm/genebean?code=5cb3b5f06a" target="_blank">Fountain</a> or via <a href="https://conshax.app/support/volunteertechnologist" target="_blank">conshax.app/support/volunteertechnologist</a><br /><br />See all the ways to contribute, and what producing this podcast costs, at <a href="https://www.volunteertechnologist.com/contribute/" target="_blank">volunteertechnologist.com/contribute/</a><br /><br />You can find me on Mastodon at <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@volunteertechnologist" target="_blank">podcastindex.social/@volunteertechnologist</a> You can also reach me via <a href="https://www.volunteertechnologist.com/contact/" target="_blank">volunteertechnologist.com/contact/</a><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://www.volunteertechnologist.com/" target="_blank">volunteertechnologist.com</a> for show notes, transcripts, or more information.<br /><br /></p>