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The Economist Highlights Net2 Featured Projects for Mapping

In the most recent Technology Quarterly from The Economist, 5 of NetSquared's previous Featured Projects are featured for their innovative application of mapping tools for social benefit work.

One Year Later: N2Y3 Featured Project, Your Maper, Shares Success Story

NetSquared recently followed up with the N2Y3 Featured Projects to develop these short case studies, with the goal to expand the knowledgebase of best practices for applying social media in the nonprofit context. We interviewed participants from the N2Y3 Featured Project teams to gain a better understanding of the way they used social media to increase their reach and carry out their missions. We are very happy to bring you their stories!

Today's spotlight: Your Mapper!

Think Global, Map Social! Interview with Wendy Brawer and Thomas Turnbull of Opengreenmap.org

Wendy Brawer, Thomas Turnbull and the Green Map TeamI talk to Wendy Brawer and Thomas Turnbull about the origins of Green Map System (greenmap.org) and what they to accomplish when they launch the Open Green Map (opengreenmap.org) in the coming months.

Also, please take a moment to appreciate how happy Wendy and the Green Map team looks in this picture. Looks like a real positive energy vibe zone.

ILoveMountains Maps Their Activist Meme

 map of activist memeI'm at this morning's ilovemountains talk, which I've awaited ever since blogging about it as a brilliant online campaign. They just released a new map feature showing where and how their online campaign has spread.

Interesting Tidbits:

  • Willie Nelson agreed to give them rights to use "Blowin in the Wind" after they passed a request to his bodyguard.
  • They've superimposed the Transamerica building and the Golden Gate Bridge next to some of the removed mountaintops to show the scale of devastation.

Twitter's Impact on the NetSquared Contest - $5 Well Spent

I thought that some of you might like to know what I did to get the word out about voting for the Your Mapper project. Here are some details, focusing on Twitter.

WiserEarth Adds Mapping

Last week, WiserEarth, a N2Y2 Featured Project, posted on their blog that they will be rolling out a new feature:

GIS Proposal Roundup and General Thoughts

Hi, everyone; my name is JC, and this is my first community blog post. I’m one of the authors of the HungerMaps proposal. I’m also a GIS enthusiast, so I wanted to bring your attention to the great GIS projects that have been submitted to this contest.

Maps 2.0 – Geospatial Tools for Nonprofits and Humanitarian Relief

Challenges Entered: 
Maps 2.0, a collaboration already under way, will launch the first online resource for nonprofit and humanitarian organizations to share best practices in geographic information systems (GIS) and digital mapping tools.

Location

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

HungerMaps

Challenges Entered: 
35.1 mil Americans face hunger and food insecurity. HungerMaps fuses new visualization and collaborative technology with the wisdom of advocates, transforming local data into a national portrait of needs and resources as the basis for direct action.

Location

New York, NY
United States
Project Locations
Project Location: 
New York, NY

OpenStreetMap

Challenges Entered: 
OpenStreetMap does for maps what Wikipedia does for Encyclopedias.

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