Rwanda Development Board (RDB) in partnership with Google, yesterday, commenced the mapping exercise where all tourism attractions in the country will feature on the web.
The two-day event dubbed, Rwanda Tourism MapUp, started with the team's road trip from Kigali where key touristic features were mapped and continued to Musanze and Rubavu districts whose attractions were also added to the Google map list.
About 40 people including GIS professionals helped with the mapping which will be redone annually to insure locations are correct.
- All Africa
The Initiative for Solidarity with Arrested Students released the "Map of Unnamed Students". With this project, the initiative wants to create awareness for judicial and administrative rights violations encountered by students and to make these violations visible. The map also aims at keeping track of the situations of the arrested students.
The idea is to add other incidents to the map and get more information on the known ones.The effort focuses on Turkey and uses CrowdMap.
- Bianet.org
UBC Okanagan and the Central Okanagan Food Policy Council have put together a set of food discussion maps for the Central Okanagan area of British Columbia, Canada. Discussions are "pinned" to their locations and live on four different maps.
Food Experiences: Participants are asked to "Describe your experiences with food on the UBCO campus and in Kelowna."
Food Access: Food stores, food services and other food locations used to explore the question, "Is there food everywhere?"
Agricultural Land: Understanding the agricultural land reserve (ALR).
Community Food: Mapping community gardens, food banks and soup kitchens to discuss the question, "Is there food for everyone?"
The maps are Google-based and at least one class at UBC, Geography 491, was involved.
- press release via @gletham
WWF is asking supporters to identify places that carry or sell paper products made from Sumatran rain forest timber, and then note the location and take pictures using MapHook. Supporters can post a “hook” with their photos on http://www.worldwildlife.org/sites/tigers/toiletpaper-map.html . This site also has information about the paper campaign along with details on how to get started.
The goal is protection of the Sumatran habitat for tigers and other animals.
- press release
by Adena Schutzberg on 03/28 at 04:42 AM |
Comments |
Narrow your search further:
africa,
bc,
crowdsourcing,
food security,
google,
google maps,
okanagan,
rwanda,
students,
sumatra,
tiger,
toilet paper,
turkey,
ubc,
ushahidi,
vgi
Transparency International – Malaysia (TI-M) aims to enlist 1,000 committed volunteers this year to help monitor the forests in the country.
“Anybody can join our Forest Watch Project and become a forest ranger,” said TI-M Forest Governance Integrity Programme project manager Victor Soosai at a conference at Grand Dorsett Hotel last Thursday.
He said members of the public can sign up to be a volunteer via the Forest Watch Project website (http://www.timalaysia-forestwatch.org.my).
Launched on Feb 1, the website enables the public to report illegal deforestation using Google Earth’s real-time satellite imagery and aerial photography.
Of course the imagery is not real time, but the crowdsourced effort is already underway in other countries including Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, China and the Solomon Islands
- Selangor Times
Using the power of social-networking BomgoHive Zambia is using the on-line mapping platform Ushahidi to build up an accurate picture of the fast-growing network of technology innovation and entrepreneurship centres across the continent of Africa.
BongoHive have created a dynamic, user-generated, on-line map which is revealing just how many tech business incubation hubs have been set up around the continent.
- press release
Grindr, the social network for the LGBT crowd, has luanched a new effort centered around social justice.
Grindr for Equality is requesting ongoing submissions and information pertaining to the GLBT community where users live. Individuals and like-minded groups are encouraged to send an email with basic contact information and a brief description of how the issue relates to the GLBT community and how Grindr for Equality could provide assistance. Submissions can be sent via email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or those interested can visit www.grindr4equality.com for additional information.
- Just Means
by Adena Schutzberg on 03/02 at 06:28 AM |
Comments |
A Canadian paper now offers a map where readers can post details of where they see debris from the Japanese earthquake of 2011.
Now, The Province is offering an interactive map on its web-site where readers can post the sites where they find Japanese debris. Simply log on to theprovince.com/debris and follow the instructions.
- The Province
In the Horn of Africa, Somalia makes headlines, but often only because of drought, famine, crisis and insecurity. Al Jazeera launched Somalia Speaks to help amplify stories from people and their everyday lives in the region -- all via SMS.
Somalia Speaks is a collaboration between Souktel, a Palestinian-based organization providing SMS messaging services, Ushahidi, Al Jazeera, Crowdflower, and the African Diaspora Institute. "We wanted to find out the perspective of normal Somali citizens to tell us how the crisis has affected them and the Somali diaspora," Al Jazeera's Soud Hyder said in an interview.
It's great to see crowdsourced, geotagged news in one of the world's most challenged places.
- MediaShift Blog
Want to thank our troops? How about letting them know from where the greetings come? How about a crowdourced Thank You map? That's what the USO created.
- South Brunswick Patch
by Adena Schutzberg on 01/09 at 03:07 AM |
Comments |
Narrow your search further:
canada,
crowdsourcing,
earthquake,
japan,
news,
open source,
sms,
somolia,
thank you map,
troops,
ushahidi,
uso,
vgi
Founded by Karl and Cara Rosaen, Real Time Farms (RTF) is a new crowd-sourcing online food guide that is every foodie’s dream, acting as a restaurant guide, local farm source map, and food artisan storytelling hub all wrapped up into one. As their website boasts, “As crazy as it sounds, our vision is to collectively document the whole food system. We are powered by the people!” You can search for farms, food artisans and farmers markets in your area by simply typing in your zip code.
- Triple Pundit
KaBOOM! announces the Scary Playgrounds: Let's Find 'Em & Fix 'Em contest, running from October 5-25, 2011. Winners will be announced Monday, October 31.
Participants are asked to capture photos and note the location of the scary playgrounds on a map. It seems to submit one you MUST download a phone app (that's LAME). Winners receive funds to fix the playgrounds. Kaboom is also behind a crowdsourced nationwide Map of Play to help parents get kids outdoors.
- press release
The OccupyTogetherMap will allow those participating in the various Wall Street protests to document what's going on. It's built on Ushahidi. Like other such maps of late, there is no way to know who is behind the map or what they plan to do with the data. Shouldn't that be on the website? I know from a tweet that @lisawilliams is involved and CivicMIT/Media Lab but that info is not on the website/map. Would you put data on a map made by people/orgs unknown?
via @agharan
The New York Pubilc Library is looking for help georectifying maps. Learn to do it and then help out in your spare time!
Help NYPL build the geospatial library of the future! This workshop (which takes place the three times a month) will get you oriented with the a set of tools the Library has developed (available at maps.nypl.org) that enables librarians and the general public to add valuable geographic context to old maps. The workshop will focus on the core activity of the website: georectification, or "warping" maps. This means overlaying digital images of historic maps onto a contemporary digital map (similar to Google Maps), transforming them into tiles of a virtual atlas.
- NYPL via @NYPLMaps
by Adena Schutzberg on 10/07 at 03:00 AM |
Comments |
Updates on various uses of crowdsourcing in India using Ushahidi include an update on the electric service outages (APB coverage), mapping of mobile phone coverage and security.
- The Hindu (India)
Google seems to be handing out certificates and other goodies (stickers, etc.) to Map Maker contributors. I wonder if OSM will follow suit?
- Search Engine RoundTable
... Area Now, which bills itself as a ‘short-notice event recommendation service’ for nearby events. Their iPhone app now in Beta (combined with the site), effectively crowd-sources events from people nearby who want to find out where the latest happening club or event is. You can download the app from iTunes here or start adding events direct on the site.
- TechCrunch
by Adena Schutzberg on 06/15 at 04:45 AM |
Comments |
Narrow your search further:
areanow,
crowdsourcing,
electricity,
google,
india,
map maker,
mobile phone coverage,
reward,
security,
ushahidi,
vgi
