Crisis Commons. The Presencing Institute Community. OpenStreetMap. WikipediaVision (beta) Empowering creatives. A place for sharing plans and ideas to make them happen. Make Something Happen. Flowr. Real-time Collaboration, knowledge exchange and smart information flow.
PEOPLE. Crowdmap. What Exactly Is Crowdmap?
Crowdmap is designed and built by the people behind Ushahidi, a platform that was originally built to crowdsource crisis information. As the platform has evolved, so have its uses. Crowdmap allows you to set up your own map of Ushahidi without having to install it on your own web server. What Can I Do With Crowdmap? Crisis Mapping Deployments (please add yours below) - Google Docs.
Course Materials - Crisis Mapping, Politics & New Media. Dear community, I am developing a new course: Political Science 397: Crisis Mapping, Politics & New Media.
As the course progresses I will post materials here for your review. Please feel free to use any portion of the materials posted here for your own course development. Global mapping of technology for transparency and accountability. As internet and mobile phone use increases, technology is transforming the field of transparency and accountability making it an increasingly dynamic space across the globe.
Technology is helping to improve citizen participation in decision-making and producing new ways of identifying public service challenges through processes such as ‘data mashing’. This paper documents current trends in the way technology is being used to promote transparency in different parts of the world.
It reviews over 100 projects from across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, examining how new technologies are re-energising traditional methods. Crisis Mappers Net. AFRICA. GLOBAL DIALOG. NYC. JAZZ.