Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. For example, during a severe snowstorm on the East Coast of the U.S., LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. It puts one type of data on a map.

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Benefit Public Develop Tools 36

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. Other examples include desktop applications that allow uploading photos to flickr. Be Helpful.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

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Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Recently, I presented a high level overview of crowdsourcing , including examples from the lens of funding and doing. Here’s an overview of the different types and some examples for each in philanthropy and doing. (1) There are several learning cohort groups, including one on better understanding network impact.

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