On 10/29 the New York Public Library is hosting a mapping workshop focused on Newtown Creek. No technical expertise or previous experience with maps is needed. Participants will learn how to use a mapping platform developed by NYPL that allows users to stretch historical maps over contemporary maps and trace maps into downloadable/feedable datasets. The maps generated by workshop participants will be publicly available from the libraries website, www.maps.nypl.org, and can be used as downloadable shapefiles,csv, kml, and/or georss. RSVP required. For more information visit the NYPL website at http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/94893?lref=36%252Fcalendar