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Open Source Maps Are Helping the World Bank Save Lives in Haiti
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| The humanitarian relief effort underway in
| Haiti is proving the true potential of open
| source map building. Don't take my word for
| it, follow the Tweets and blogs of my friend
| Schuyler Erle. He's on the ground in Port-
| au-Prince along with Tom Buckley, a
| developer of mapmaking program GeoCommons
| Maker. The pair are advising the World Bank
| on the use of crowd-sourced mapping,
| primarily through the open-source program
| OpenStreetMap, in the relief and recovery
| effort in Haiti. They are also dealing with
| rain, illness, PowerBar meals, World Bank
| contacts snowbound back in DC, and
| bureaucratic alphabet soup.
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http://www.fastcompany.com/1554072/open-source-developers-help-the-world-bank-save-lives-in-haiti
(Video) When Open Source Works In The Offline World
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| The introduction of open source processes
| continues to re-invent innovation as far as
| software culture is concerned, but can we
| see this seeping into the analogue world?
| Cesar Haradaâs research centers on this
| process. His most recent project Open
| Sailing explores developing a sustainable
| architecture for research and eventually
| future living conditions in the oceans.
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http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/video-when-open-source-works-in-the-offline-world.html
After Learning Java Syntax, What Next?
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/02/21/0540211/After-Learning-Java-Syntax-What-Next
Recent:
Open source medical software delivers in Haiti
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| One of the big success stories in the wake
| of the Haiti earthquake is being driven by
| open source. (You can help.)
|
| Partners in Health has been on the ground in
| Haiti for 20 years. During that time it has
| learned many lessons about delivering IT
| resources in an environment without
| infrastructure. Most of its communications
| are satellite links.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=5685
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