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Geo-Tagged Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Joaquin in Real Time

VisionLink

Map illustrates damage reports as hurricane hits North Carolina. 5, 2015— VisionLink , a community inspired software and consulting company, has developed a free, shareable, real-time, geo-tagged map depicting actual damage reports produced by Hurricane Joaquin. BOULDER, Colo. —

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Typhoon Haiyan: How to Help with Recovery Efforts

Tech Soup

The PRC accepts donations via PayPal or through UShare on its website. MicroMappers , a "microtasking" service, lets users tag tweets and photos to help the United Nations Office of for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in its relief efforts after Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. There's also a Google Crisis Map.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Indirect Content. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 Google Maps.

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. will have the opportunity to earn a spot on the GlobalGiving website if they mobilize supporters to raise $4,000 from at least 50 unique donors. Tags: nptechtagsummary. It's open to 501c3's serving U.S.

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Steve Bridger

On the Flickr point, I’ve just been playing with Flickr for Mindapples too, and I’ve started tagging images ‘mindapples’ that make me feel happy and mentally healthy. Andy, I’ve started tagging some photos from my Flickr photostream “mindapples&# , as you suggest. I enjoyed thinking about this one.

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