Why do they sponsor? Says Peter Miller from ITO World: “ITO World are thrilled to be sponsoring WhereCampEU again and look forward to many stimulating presentations and conversation over the weekend. See you there!”

From the other blogposts you notice there is a mix of reasons to support us. Now it is all up to whereCampers to make this event a success!

From the official press release: “Webmapper is very proud to sponsor WhereCampEU 2012 in Amsterdam. As they are headquartered in Haarlem and have online mapping and web cartography at the core of their work, they believe that whereCampEU will be a great occassion to reflect on all the recent developments in these areas and they look forward to discussing new innovations and future directions. Webmapper is a consultancy firm headed by Edward Mac Gillavry and Richard Duivenvoorde. They create web mapping solutions and provide consultancy services in the fields of web cartography and online GIS using Open Source software. ”

Way to go, webmappers! See you in Amsterdam!

1. Meetup with other geogeeks
You have to have a minimal level of map madness, if you want to enjoy a whereCamp. You will be able to meetup with other geogeeks, but not in your regular plan, do, act mode. Get ready to present to others, discuss the step in your project or to just code away.

2. No barriers, low on rulez
Be aware, this is an unconference. What you get out of this meetup is mostly up to you. We will be low on rulez (please do behave), in order to max out the result of this camp. That sound as a contradiction, but we strongly believe this will lead to great results (well, sometimes).

3. Experience the unexpected
As we don’t have a fixed plan, you may be in for a treat. We hope it’s beyond your wildest expectations! Hacking and mapping with great people all around you! Is there a better place to build great new things?

4. Amsterdam
Just one the reasons to come to whereCampEU is Amsterdam itself. Culture (Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh, Anne Frank’s house – book your ticket in advance), Nightlife (Redlight district, Leidsplein). Even better: stick around from Monday April 30th and watch Amsterdam turn Orange on Queensday. And just-in-time for this whereCamp, Foursquare provided us with a great list of Amsterdam spots.

How does all of that sound? The good news: you can still register for this unconference. See you there!

with a big thank you to OpenStreetMap!

Parking in Amsterdam
Virtually impossible!! The conference is in the center of Amsterdam, parking is insanely expensive and there is hardly any place. Please use one of the P+R facilities at the edge of town. These are 8euro/24 hour and provide public transport tickets to and from the center for each person in the car.

P+R Zeeburg 
P+R Gaasperplas 
P+R Amsterdam ArenA
P+R Fashion Center

Camping in Amsterdam
There are four campsites in Amsterdam:
* Camping Zeeburg 
* Gaasper Camping
* Camping Vliegenbos
* Camping Amsterdamse Bos (quite far)

Staying outside Amsterdam
Both Amstelveen to the south and Utrecht to the east are about half an hour with public transport (depending where you stay in those places) and have public transport through the entire night. You can use http://9292.nl/ to check the connection between the conference location and the hotels in these places. The conference is in ‘de Brakke Grond’, which is a 15 minute walk from Amsterdam Central Station. (Steven/Jw).

http://wherecamp.eu/blog/maps/

Our longest supporters keep on coming back for more, that should tell you something: our sponsors and WhereCampEU are both awesome.

Big thankyou to Nestoria for sponsoring every year so far, and if you are looking for a place to live they can provide all your property search needs in many European countries (and further away places too).

Who Will Be There?
WhereCamp Europe is open to everyone; from über hacker to beginner, from GIS to neogeography, from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and beyond, from mobile, from web development. If you have an interest in geography and how it’s changing the way in which we interact with the world then you should come along. Check out the list of 2012 whereCampers!

How Do I Find Out More?
For the latest news look for the #wherecampeu hashtag on Twitter and follow @wherecampeu. Or come and contribute to whereCampEU!

We have some good friends who have supported WhereCampEU from the start, and we welcome one of them back as sponsor for 2012 in Amsterdam. Thanks Google!

Google is once again happy to support Wherecamp EU, much of Google’s innovation in Geo takes place in Europe with development teams in London and Zurich building the next generations of products and services, so we recognise the huge potential of the development community in Europe.

We look forward to a great weekend in Amsterdam.

The local org is now on a quest for sponsors for whereCampEU 2012. What is there to gain from your contribution? Straight from our ‘letter to our sponsors’:

Why Sponsor?
WhereCampEU is now an established event, each event has been attended by over 100 participants with long waiting lists as there is always more demand than spaces. The last year has seen a huge growth in the business of location, with massive uptake of location enabled devices, convergence of GPS, phone, camera and nomadic devices. Location is truly becoming ubiquitous. This is a chance to have your brand associated with the freshest and most innovative geo conference in Europe, and to connect with the grass roots developer community.

We expect to open up registrations as soon as the first sponsors have confirmed. In the meantime, please put yourself on the waiting list, you won’t be there for long.

Interested to contribute to this event as a sponsor (and to be there?) Send us a message!