Category Archives: crowdsource

Socrata Offers Developers and OpenData Enthusiasts Hackathon In A Box

Posted on May 14, 2013 by glenn

The cool crew from Seattle-based Socrata are providing government users, opendata enthusiasts, developers, and others with a very cool OpenData resource in the form of a “hackathon in a box” – a toolbox of resources, documents, tools and other handy … Continue reading →

Posted in crowdsource, developer, open source, opendata, opengov |

OpenStreetMap Rolls Out a New easy map editor and Switch2OSM

Posted on May 7, 2013 by glenn

Some big news from the OSM crew today via the official blog as OpenStreetMap is now boasting a new online map editor for users making it easier for everyone according to the team. Codenamed “iD” the resource now boasts a … Continue reading →

Posted in crowdsource, opendata, OSM |

National Map Corps to Help Crowd Source the National Map

Posted on April 2, 2013 by glenn

Details of a crowd-sourcing effort is being touted by the USGS and partners in the National Map.  The agency is looking for crowd participants to help enhance the National Map and currently has some 18 States open for data editing, … Continue reading →

Posted in crowdsource, usgs |

LocalWiki community knowledge project Maps Antarctica

Posted on October 12, 2012 by glenn

An interesting update on a community mapping effort came my way recently – enter LocalWiki Antarctica. From project co-founder, Michael Ivanov, “Using NASA aerial imagery, the SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, and open-source tools, we made a special aerial map of … Continue reading →

Posted in conservation, crowdsource |

StreetViolence.org, Crowd Sourcing Crime reports and a Citizen Warning System on the Map

Posted on February 21, 2012 by glenn

I recently read about an interesting project underway in the UK, this courtesy of an article from the MailOnline – The London Mugging Map! Indeed a very interesting project that depends on crowd-sourced information to inform and educate the population … Continue reading →

Posted in crowdsource, GeoSocial, google maps |