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  • Eric Gundersen
    Jul 19, 2010
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    ICT and Civic Engagement Strategies for the 2011 Nigeria Elections
    CSO meeting in Abuja, July 19th & 20th
    A host of civil society organizations gathered today in Abuja, Nigeria to share strategies and discuss tools for better monitoring the upcoming presidential elections (currently scheduled or January 2011). Against the backdrop of heavy...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Apr 20, 2010
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    Data.WorldBank.org Launched Today on Drupal
    This is just the start of the World Bank's open data initiative
    Signaling the most aggressive open data push in the international development community to date, World Bank President Robert Zoellick launched Data.WorldBank.org this morning ahead of the organization's spring meeting. All of the World Bank's 2,000...
  • AJ Ashton
    Apr 13, 2010
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    Designing Desaturated and Multilingual Iraq Maps
    Custom, multilingual tile set of Iraq now available on MapBox
    We just finished a custom tile set for UNICEF's "An Iraq Fit For Children" campaign. This campaign surveyed hundreds of Iraqi children to learn how they feel about themselves, their communities, and the future of their country. Part of the website...
  • Robert Soden
    Mar 30, 2010
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    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Report from Haiti
    Recap of the first week conducting training and outreach on OpenStreetMap in Haiti
    The training and outreach around OpenStreetMap that Nicolas and I are doing in Haiti as part of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (aka HOT) is going well, primarily because of the effort the OSM community has made over the past few months to...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Mar 11, 2010
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    Offline Mapping Visualizations with Maps on a Stick
    A simple tool for offline mapping and custom data overlays
    We just released Maps on a Stick, a simple client-side mapping tool that lets you access map tilesets and mash them up with information while you're offline. Maps on a Stick runs on either a USB drive or directly from a hard drive and allows you to...
  • Bonnie Bogle
    Mar 9, 2010
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    Open Atrium Improving Team Communications On the Ground in Pakistan
    DAI using Open Atrium to help their GIS teams in Pakistan communicate
    Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI), one of the leading international development contractors, has deployed Open Atrium to help its GIS team in Islamabad communicate with its office in Peshawar and headquarters back in Bethesda on a capacity...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Mar 3, 2010
    Discussing Information Flows During Election Observations
    Citizen Technology and Election Accountability Conference in Nairobi, Kenya
    National Democratic Institute's conference on Citizen Technology and Election Accountability here in Nairobi just wrapped up. The two days brought together election experts and technologists from all over the region. Much of our discussions focused...
  • Ian Ward
    Feb 5, 2010
    7 comments
    Open Atrium for Disaster Response
    Helping field offices collect data and produce reports
    We just deployed a custom micro-distribution of Open Atrium for the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) Emergency Operations Center network, the World Health Organization's main arm in the region. This Spanish-only package ships with custom...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Dec 17, 2009
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    Opening Afghanistan's Election Data: An Open Source Data Browser
    Managing News as a rich data browser for monitoring and evaluation
    This morning the National Democratic Institute opened up their Afghanistan election data browser to the public. This is a massive liberalization of election data that previously had been baked into PDFs. The tool allows users to browse the raw vote...
  • Robert Soden
    Dec 16, 2009
    Mobile Data Collection Workshop Gets Decision Makers Collaborating with Technologists
    Presenting on Managing News and SlingshotSMS
    Last week I got the chance to present some work we're doing on Managing News and SlingshotSMS at the Innovations in Mobile Data Collection for Social Action workshop in Amman, Jordan. It was an eye-opening event that brought together representatives...