Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 18, 2012
We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix. Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful.
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.
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Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. The platform would then take their data, map it from their sending location, and create the other visual support data you see on the map. Indirect Content. Examples from Haiti.
Tech Soup
AUGUST 9, 2011
and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons.
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
The Ambassadors are senior NetSquared leaders who offer their support to other organizers in their country or region, allowing us to serve members in different time zones and in languages other than English. Austin, Texas: CiviCRM: Free, Open-Source CRM for Nonprofits and Startups. Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
Forum One
SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
Heck, our language is littered with support for this view. In the world today, one can get good open-source options for each flavor, meaning, point 2, you have a low initial investment. Want mapping? The My Maps feature in Google Maps can help create some nice prototype map tools. Online discussions?
Forum One
JANUARY 22, 2010
During the camps, groups and leaders quickly self-identified and immersed themselves in solving humanitarian relief problems like coordinating relief workers and negotiating language barriers. Open source maps to help aid workers navigate damaged areas and coordinate their efforts.
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