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Mapping the Hunger Gap
Challenges Entered:
People will use the Google Mash-up to look at the data in communities relative to how much need there is for food, and how many hungry people there are. When they zoom into a city, or a census tract, they will get a picture of how many people in that area are suffering from hunger insecurity.
What else have you done in this area of work?
I am the CTO for Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. I have been using technology to better distribute food and measure our impact for 7+ years.
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San Jose, CA
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Understanding where poverty is
"Understanding where poverty is" - that is an interesting concept.
Good luck, Michael, I just gave the project a star.
I am interested in your project because I work with small businesses in developing countries. Look forward to telling you more about it.
Meanwhile, I have submitted a mashup project called Biz-o-mat which you can see here. It helps small businesses in developing countries.
If you like it, please give it a star before COB today.
Thanks! See you in California in May!