Join the Net2 ThinkTank: How Can Nonprofits Use Flickr. Please respond by August 27, 2008.
If you've ever used a Google Maps mashup, geo-tagged your Flickr photos, or just relied on a GPS device to keep you from getting lost, you've benefitted from Geographic Information Systems, the backbone of all of these services.
Nonprofits could gain a lot from using GIS, too.
If you're in the DC area, come join us at 7pm on July 24th to talk about how GIS can help nonprofits:
-- Speedy and accurate response to disasters
-- Target donors and potential members
-- Turn complex, hard-to-read data into simple, compelling visual representations
-- Make the most of your data by uncovering hidden trends and patterns
-- Make better decisions and leverage your existing data
-- Find out how to make use off the US government's free access to enormous amounts of data--much of it correlated to location
And if scheduling or geographic problems prevent you from attending, we're going to try to podcast the presentation, too.
Thanks to this month's sponsor, Care2.
Comments
Just remember, the map is not the terrain!
I had really frusterating experiences with the Red Cross and others as a Task Force leader after hurricane Katrina. They depended on Google Maps, and couldn't adjust whent the maps were out of date.
I gave a talk about this at Web20expo 2007, you can get my slides at the following link: http://www.openaid.org/2007/04/25/follow-up-from-my-web20-expo-talk/