2008 Internet Map Mashup 
Tech Soup
MAY 14, 2013
It is a nonprofit tech company that develops free and open-source software for information collection, visualization, and crowdsourced interactive mapping to help mitigate disasters. Ushahidi was a NetSquared Mashup Challenge winner in the fabled 2008 Netsquared conference in Santa Clara, California.
Tech Soup
MARCH 29, 2017
Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. It puts one type of data on a map.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 17, 2006
One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. These are using data in your own databases, and grabbing maps from google maps and putting them inside your application. I think that APIs are an expression of the best of what the internet is about. But I have a first take.
Tech Soup
APRIL 19, 2016
Ushahidi got its start in early 2008. Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 20, 2006
There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. Networked Love, Bonding, Intimacy: Our Interactive Culture Clouds Visual mapping of relationship circles: exploring tools for appropriate social technology in conference cultures where work and pleasure meet. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Bring your yoga mat!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 8, 2008
Real Time Representation - How Social Media is Changing the Face of Government submitted by Erica O'Grady 2008 marked the year of the first Twitter from inside the Oval Office. Learn how shortcodes, custom social networks, and mashups are delicious. With snacks! How should nonprofits plan for staffing and growth?
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