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Terms and Trends in DIY and Open Source Online Maps

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Implementing truly gorgeous online maps still requires some custom code and technical know-how – but, the cost and learning curve involved has dropped considerably. Online maps provide a concrete, quickly digestible way to drive home the connection between your organization's work and where it takes place. ThinkShout.

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Culture, Community, and Technology—A Successful 2022 Convergence

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You can’t use an old map to explore a new world,” is wisdom from Albert Einstein that Al uses to explain his perspective on navigating change. “To She explained how the organization used data to realign its vision and create authentic human connections and a highly personal experience for every member. Watching, Listening, Learning.

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Redesigning NTEN.org: of Card Sorts and Site Maps

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As Andre Agassi learned , image isn't everything; flash without substance doesn't win you 8 Grand Slam titles (and we're all about the big tournaments here at NTEN). Building on the results of the card sort and an Audience Matrix (Excel) we had filled out earlier, Beaconfire produced a draft site map.

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Sharing the Experience of Disaster: Colorado Floods

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True Flash Floods. Douglas Zimmerman VisionLink www.visionlink.org (Note, you can learn more from our disaster maps at boulderflood2013.communityos.org In the meantime, we will keep the systems running that we are so honored to provide to the American Red Cross, United Way Worldwide, FEMA, and many 2-1-1 call centers.

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More Mapping Software

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This week's Nonprofit Onlines has yet another tasty nugget -- a pointer to a flash-based mind mapping tool called Mayomi. The holy grail for me would be an online web app where people could do collaborative web maps online. Just added to my list.

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6 Great Interactive Data Visualization Tools (Part 1)

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Websites are loaded with eye candy these days — from slick user interfaces to interactive maps to cool photo slideshows — all achieved without Flash, just HTML, CSS and Javascript. And these technologies are free, open and can be utilized in essentially every current web-browsing device.

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Reverse Engineering the Nissan Leaf's Range Display

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

About halfway to Palo Alto, Jim did a quick calculation with his smartphone using Google Maps: he figured we would run out of juice about at the middle of the Dumbarton Bridge , the southernmost bridge over the San Francisco Bay. Low and behold, just after passing the apex of the bridge, the display flashed and our range went dark.