Mapping the US Community Health Data Initiative
The US Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a new open data initiative, the Community Health Data Initiative, intended to provide tools and data sets for community-level health...
View Article@DigiDem helps NYC students map their community and future!
Mark Belinsky of Digital Democracy wrote an article called Future Now: NYC’s Digital Storybook - it's about his experience working with students in New York City on a webmapping demonstration project....
View ArticleAccessibility Map Project - Geneva
The Megafone.net project invites "groups of people on the fringe of society to express their experiences and opinions through face-to-face meetings and mobile phones." They've worked on some very cool...
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NPO Mapping Case Study: Arthritis Foundation
The Arthritis Foundation's Heartland Region office serves Americans with arthritis throughout the upper midwest. Arthritis affects tens of millions of Americans each year - the second most common...
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NPO Mapping Case Study: Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living
The Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living is a statewide coalition of the 23 regional centers for independent living (CIL) that serve Illinoisans with disabilities. CILs promote full and...
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STATS America
STATS America is a data portal where visitors can get demographic, workforce, housing, and other data for every state, county, and metro area in the United States. The site is jointly sponsored by the...
View ArticleMapping sandboxes: Ushahidi, Drupal+OpenLayers, GoogleMaps
We test a lot of mapping-related tools, services, and platforms that nonprofits and community groups might find useful. Our current sandboxes include: AwesomeQ - the social network for people waiting...
View ArticleMapnificent - How Far Can You Get In An Hour?
Mapnificent is a mapping application that shows how far you can go from a certain point in a certain time using public transit. For example, you can enter your workplace location and see everywhere in...
View ArticleGerrymandering - creating the maps of politics
With the 2010 Census behind us, political districts of all levels across the United States are being redrawn. Gerrymandering - the process of creating political districts to give extra power or take...
View ArticleMonday Mapping Meetup (free!)
Date: Mon, 2011-09-19 The first ever Monday Mapping Meetup will be held at 9am on Monday, September 19th, at the Map Room in Chicago! This is a free informal and coffee-laced gathering for NPO and...
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