MapConductor
Hello, I'm Akiho, a MapConductor supporter. Today, I participated as an operational supporter in the FOSS4G MapConductor workshop held at the RCC Culture Center in Hiroshima.
The event took place in Hiroshima, where the late summer heat still lingered, and about 10 people attended on the day, working through a 3-hour hands-on session using MapConductor.
Trying MapConductor with Swift, Kotlin, and React
In this workshop, participants used Swift, Kotlin, or React to try out the basic features available in MapConductor.
Among the attendees, there were not only people who develop regularly but also many who said they were "still beginners at development."
For that reason, there were moments where we worked together through the very first steps of application development, such as setting up the environment and creating a project.
Everyone Succeeded in Displaying a Map!
During the workshop, several issues arose, such as MapConductor Studio not working properly.
Even so, as participants worked through these problems with help from each other and the supporters, in the end every participant was able to display a map using MapConductor.
Regardless of development experience, being able to see the moment a map appeared on each person's own screen was a happy occasion for those of us supporting the event.
What Becomes Visible Through Real Hands-On Use
What left an impression on me from participating as a supporter this time is that working alongside people using MapConductor for the first time reveals points that are hard to notice from the developer's usual perspective.
Parts that seem obvious to experienced users—such as environment setup and project creation—are a brand-new experience, step by step, for someone creating an application for the first time.
Being able to give even those people the experience of displaying a map with MapConductor was, I believe, a great achievement of this workshop.
Thank you very much to everyone who participated!
Going forward, through events and community activities, I hope to keep creating opportunities for more people to learn about MapConductor and actually try it out.
