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Meet the Wikipedia of the mapping world
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| If you want to find an up-to-date map of Haiti,
| then there is only one place to go. It is not
| Google Maps or any of its competitors. It is
| the admirable OpenStreetMap.org (OSM), which is
| being updated even as I write by volunteers all
| over the world.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/04/mapping-open-source-victor-keegan
Crowdsourcing + Open Source: the Perfect Combination for Startups?
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| Crowdsourcing represents an interesting attempt
| to generalise the open source methodology to
| non-technical areas. The basic idea is to tap
| into the the vast store of knowledge and wisdom
| among the general population by providing a
| mechanism to funnel the best ideas to those who
| can build on them.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2776&blogid=14
Open-Source Scientific Approach to Fighting Tropical Disease
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| One medical researcher applies generosity of
| spirit with his open-source research project
| designed to fight a tropical disease for
| which medical treatment is expensive and
| tough to come by.
|
| [..]
|
| Now, Scientific American reports that
| Australian chemist and entrepreneur Matthew
| Todd is initiating a totally open-source
| research project geared to the fight against
| the tropical disease schistosomiasis.
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http://www.tonic.com/article/open-source-scientific-approach-to-fighting-tropical-disease/
Recent:
HiperBarrio Maps San Javier La Loma with Open Street Maps
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| Last Saturday Fredy Rivera, a leading mapper
| of Open Street Maps based in BogotÃ,
| organized a workshop at the small public
| library in La Loma to teach its young
| residents how to make a map of their own
| community.
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http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2009/12/05/hiperbarrio-maps-san-javier-la-loma-with-open-street-maps/
How To Organize A Mapping Party
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| We had a mapping party at NIT Calicut
| recently. After the first day of the event I
| shared some ideas to make such mapping
| parties better with GeoHackers team.
|
| [...]
|
| Maps are created at this stage. The data we
| have mined are ordered, analyzed, and
| tagged. We need to make sure that all the
| team follows a naming convention or comment.
| The coordinator should watch for over
| marking / mis-marking of the same location.
| Once the data is properly tagged, it is time
| to upload it to the OSM server.
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http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-organize-mapping-party.html
FLOSS Weekly 81: OpenStreetMap.org
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| OpenStreetMap.org, the provider of free and royalty-free geographic data.
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| Guest: Steve Coast for OpenStreetMap.org
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http://www.twit.tv/FLOSS
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