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Community Mapping Network (CMN)

Challenges Entered: 
A wealth of natural resource information integrated with local data and knowledge, presented to meet specific area of interest or community requirements.

 

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CMN has over 60 customized web mapping applications tailored to meet the needs of many communities of interest. These applications are address national bio-regional and specific community needs. CMN hosts the first (2005) and possibly still the only fully interactive GIS based "Green Map" instance http://www.shim.bc.ca/atlases/greenmap/Index.cfm

Since 2000, CMN has been building a diverse collaboration with stewardship organizations with other ENGOs and with local governments to help change the way we care for our local environments. CMN believes freely sharing data about the "commons" is a critical step in avoiding the "tragedy of the commons"

Locations

Vancouver, BC
Canada
Canada
Project Locations
Project Location: 
Vancouver, BC

Natural Areas Ideas Exchange Connection

Challenges Entered: 
Information will come from practitioner member blogs, The Natural Areas Journal (the leading voice on natural areas, a peer reviewed quarterly science journal, available via a journal abstract search), The Natural Areas News, The State Natural Areas Roundtable (each state’s up to date, high level, natural areas summary reports, plus key staff contact information), State Natural Area Reports (an ASP.NET application database of states’ natural areas programs), NAAtwork (a communication doorway to other nonprofit, conservation, natural heritage, etc. organizations and government agencies providing Identification, Protection, Management, Research, and Tourism information (the tourism feature will include data sets from partners such as the National Park Service)), Job Board, Webcasts, Store, Webinars, Podcasts, RSS Feeds, ListServs, and Collaborative Alliances with other organizations, such as the Land Trust Alliance (including interfacing with data sets, disseminating information, etc.). The website and its contents will in many languages.

Location

Bend, OR
United States
Project Locations
Project Location: 
Bend, OR

Save Birds Here

Challenges Entered: 
1. Data and information re the bird die-off and how it can be prevented.2. Data and information re elected officials and how to contact them. Onsite text set-up to either click-and-send or modify-click-and-send.3. Site visitors could have the option to "meet up."I expect there may be other information.

Location

Salem, OR
United States
Project Locations
Project Location: 
Salem, OR

Freecycle Cellular Osmosis

Challenges Entered: 
1) A mapping tool which is cell-phone enabled. 2) The cell phone for making & receiving posts via a photo/text sent via text messaging for example, and mapping access/viewing of directions. Take picture of item with phone, send to website and it goes out to all others who wish to receive it in their email or on their cell phone. 3) The internet / freecycle.org as the sort of home of data, posts, pictures, membership tracking, etc.

Location

Tucson, AZ
United States
Project Locations
Project Location: 
Tucson, AZ

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