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Building Community with Open Source

NTEN

Once a community has determined its needs, however, utilizing open source software presents a more rapid, sustainable path to implementation. We want all of the above on a map. Several maps! Custom maps, plus Google Maps, and Yahoo too! Open source software reacts to rapidly changing technology.

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Great reads from around the web on July 10th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). "DeadUshahidi’s mocking tone towards maps it deems ineffective, without any understanding of the goals of the groups behind them, is problematic.

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Projects #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s The GEO project is intended to collect and show data and geospatial information (on maps) of energy resources, generation, transmission, usage, and environmental impacts. GEO will eventually include data, and data on Google maps, for: 1. We think it?

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Project #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s The GEO project is intended to collect and show data and geospatial information (on maps) of energy resources, generation, transmission, usage, and environmental impacts. GEO will eventually include data, and data on Google maps, for: 1. We think it?

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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time. ″, that focuses on open standards and linking data. Many of us are aware of open source software and open architecture, but open philanthropy doesn’t exist yet.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. CheckFacebook :: checkfacebook.com. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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The Social Website: Integrating Social Media into Website Design and Function

NTEN

Open source. Co-Create – Shared Content: Mapping, Mosaic, Wiki, Links, Games. Open Source – API. Implementation : livestreaming, Facebook event plugin, Twitter feed. VolunteerMatch: Live Map. Implementation: Custom mash-up of site specific volunteer activity with geo data to map via Google Maps.