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Release Schedule
Datasets are posted to innovate.burningman.org as they become available. The following schedule might change as we get closer to the event.
JSON Archive of Camps, Art, and Events
March 1st
Black Rock City Plan and Golden Spike Location
BRC Plan - June 28th
Golden Spike - June 28th
Porta Plan - June 28th
GIS Mapping Data
First version for feedback and testing - July 1st
Final version - July 14th
Art Discovery Audio Guide
August 7th
Playa Events
Open for submissions - June 18 at 12pm
Closes for submissions/edits - August 14th at 12pm
The Golden Spike is a physical stake that establishes the center most point of Black Rock City. From this coordinate, the layout of city streets and locations of key installations are mapped. We will provide a more accurate map in KML and GeoJSON formats the first week of July.
40.786958, -119.202994
For additional city map related data see these sources:
Black Rock City is planned and operated using precise mapping data gathered and processed after the Golden Spike is set at the center of the city. This dataset is exported from that mapping operation and provides the GPS locations of streets, trash fence, and points of interest in the city.
MBTiles map of the city with streets & labels in vector format
The Art Discovery Audio Guide is an audio based tour to prepare for your awesome art-filled playa experience.
Your curious audio tour guides are “Diablo” (Tim Nakayama), spec Guy, Leanne Unruh, “DitchWitch” (Wendy Baker), and “G-Spot” (Geralda Miller).
The guide is available via Soundcloud and we encourage you to point your users to download it there.
This dataset contains a zip of all the WAV files with original titles and zips of the tracks named with the UID of the art installation in wav and aac formats.
The Golden Spike is a physical stake that establishes the center most point of Black Rock City. From this coordinate, the layout of city streets and location of key installations are mapped. The coordinates provided here are estimates until the official golden spike is placed. We also provide a more accurate map in KML and MBTiles formats the first week of August.
40.786969, -119.204101
For additional city map related data see these sources:
The Art Discovery Audio Guide is an audio based tour to prepare for your awesome art-filled playa experience.
The guide is available via Soundcloud and we encourage you to point your users to download it there.
This dataset contains a track listing with the UID and full art installation name for each track, a zip of all the WAV files with original titles, and zips of the tracks named with the UID of the art installation in wav and aac formats.
Black Rock City is planned and operated using precise mapping data gathered and processed after the Golden Spike is set at the center of the city. This dataset is exported from that mapping operation and provides the GPS locations of streets, trash fence, and points of interest in the city.
MBTiles map of the city with streets & labels in vector & raster formats
The Golden Spike is a physical stake that establishes the center most point of Black Rock City. From this coordinate, the layout of city streets and location of key installations are mapped. The coordinates provided here are estimates until the official golden spike is placed. We also provide a more accurate map in KML and MBTiles formats the first week of August.
40.786400, -119.203500
For additional city map related data see these sources:
The Golden Spike is a physical stake that establishes the center most point of Black Rock City. From this coordinate, the layout of city streets and location of key installations are mapped.
40.787030, -119.202740
For additional city map related data see these sources:
