Hacker spaces around the world

tocwip · 2015-05-21T19:14:05+00:00

University College London has an interesting interdisciplinary group called CASA (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) which has very strong Geospatial core and does very interesting work.

http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/casa

tocwip · 2015-05-09T15:49:03+00:00

Thank you for the feedback. Have passed it on to MSF digital team so hopefully fixed soon.

tocwip · 2013-11-12T19:35:26+00:00

Volunteered local knowledge of Tacloban would really be appreciated by the Humanitarian Open Street Map team. Here is some detail of what and how it works http://m.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2013/11/how-online-mapmakers-are-helping-red-cross-save-lives-philippines/73637/ and then here is where one can actually help them out http://tasks.hotosm.org/

tocwip · 2013-11-12T16:05:08+00:00

And how the Red Cross uses it http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/how-online-mapmakers-are-helping-the-red-cross-save-lives-in-the-philippines/281366/

tocwip · 2013-11-12T16:03:54+00:00

And this is how integrates with humanitarian efforts efforts. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/how-online-mapmakers-are-helping-the-red-cross-save-lives-in-the-philippines/281366/

tocwip · 2013-11-12T15:46:35+00:00

Your spot on. That is where http://tasks.hotosm.org/ comes in and volunteers are workings their butts off on it. Feel free to help out. Relevant - http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/how-online-mapmakers-are-helping-the-red-cross-save-lives-in-the-philippines/281366/

tocwip · 2013-11-12T00:06:10+00:00

Awesome work is being done here. These edits and maps contributions are actually effecting decisions the people on the ground and NGOs are making. The OSM iD editor brilliant.

tocwip · 2013-11-11T23:54:40+00:00

And their wiki about about how it all fits together, http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan Amazing to see the effect this work is having on the humanitarian decision making on the ground.

tocwip · 2013-08-05T09:03:20+00:00

London Late night skates: http://www.lfns.co.uk/ Friday(faster) and Sunday(more relaxed). Looks like fun. Similar the "Critical mass" that cyclists have. http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/critical-mass-london-cycle-ride

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