Conclusions from HarassMap’s First Progress Report
November 1st, 2010 to December 29th, 2010
Tag Archive: Mapping
Repost: Update from Harrassmap
Tech/Touch Matrix – See it, feel it, touch it
There seems to be a lot of interest in the tech/touch matrix, so I thought I would update it from my previous post of October 4th. The Tech/Touch Matrix (above) was put together after my twitter attendance of the International Conference on Crisismapping 2010 and as part of my response to a great summary of…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-14
Some stories of hope … by @practicalrad http://t.co/Yni2fhk # Wonder if Ford will attend events like this? Bloomberg, Miller&C40 mayors on sustainable cities- http://huff.to/b2tjYU @richard_florida # George “Sulu” Takei speaks out against Anti-Gay School Board Member. I respect Star Trek, a show ahead of its time. http://ow.ly/33y5Z # facebook .. she be down, down, down….
The Tech/Touch Matrix
FOR AN UPDATE ON THIS POST GO HERE: Tech/Touch Matrix II– See it, feel it, touch it The Tech/Touch Matrix (see below) was put together after my twitter attendance of the International Conference on Crisismapping 2010 and as part of my response to a great summary of the conference by Kim Stephens. The conference was…
MapAfghan Update: New Maps from Afghanistanelectiondata.org
I decided to do a specific blog on mapping of Afghan data, especially now since Afghanistanelectiondata.org has put together all the open source data that is related to the Afghan elections into one nicely laid out page. I think this is a very nice example of what can be done again with keeping electoral processes…
Usahidi – Mapping the world one SMS at a time
I have been struggling to get my head around Usahidi, the Swahili for “witness” or “testimony.” I knew it was created during the post-election violence in Kenya in early 2008. I had many friends who went through that terrible time, and felt equally horrified and powerless. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Mapping the War in Afghanistan
This is an interesting map visualization of the presence of Taliban activity in Afghanistan from 2007 to August 2009. The maps are based on insurgent activity reports. They give a probable snapshot of “how things are going” in the war (not well me thinks). The use of maps combined with reporting is informative over time,…
Nairobi Reflection 3: High Touch/Low Tech
Community Mapping has always been quite an amazing tool – it localizes knowledge, draws on the “mappers” personal and community experiences, identifies interconnectedness – all this coming together and increasing social capital (if you are interested in the concepts of social capital read Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone; to better understand how it relates to mapping,…
Nairobi Notebook 2: The Sustainability of Good Works
Nairobi Notebook NOTE: I had a wonderful lunch when i was in Nairobi with some of the people from the Map Kibera project (you can read my previous blog on this here, or go to their website mapkibera.org). What fascinated me was the stage they were at in regards to the growth of their project…
Nairobi Reflections
The Nairobi Notebook blog post from americancity.org is a thorough overview of Kibera and the work of UN-HABITAT and the residents there. If you are interested in more information on some projects going on in Kibera, go to the map kibera site to see how they are working with residents to tell the untold story…