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Mapping

Technologies to collect, plot, and display geographic data.

Suggested reading: In Borneo, Indigenous communities are using mapping tech to claim their land rights and fight the expansion of oil palm plantations. (Rest of World)

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מפת מחאות יום ד' 1.3.23
google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1osXFkJT_dw1ad6V7v7J-rQF8K2rZk_A&ll=31.530428567611644%2C35.0369236572617&z=7

מפת מחאות יום ד' 1.3.23

"Here’s a real-time map of the hundreds of protests taking place across Israel as the pro-democracy movement there hits its ninth week of massive participation. An estimated 400,000 people turned out...

Israel (Jisra'el) 🇮🇱
since 2023
Mapping, Civic maps, Activism aggregators
UN Mappers
mappers.un.org/home

UN Mappers

UN Mappers is a community of mapping enthusiasts collaborating to collect, validate and disseminate geospatial open data in areas where the United Nations carries out field operations with the goal of...

Pro bono and volunteer, Help out, Mapping
OpenStreetMap, United Nations
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap activation Turkey earthquake
eventbrite.it/e/mapathon-in-support-of-turkiye-tickets-538836052137

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap activation Turkey earthquake

With this mapathon, the UN Mappers community wants to join the efforts of the NGO Yer Çizenler and the OpenStreetMap community to map buildings and roads in the area.

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005
since 2023
Mapping, Civic maps, Disaster response and humanitarian tech
Kenya Digital Public Works
spatialcollective.com/kenya-digital-public-works

Kenya Digital Public Works

"DPW set out to answer a question: Can the youth use affordable and widely available technologies to gather the information necessary to support informal settlement upgrading?"

Nairobi
Civic data, Mapping, Civic maps
housing, informal settlements
Spatial Collective
spatialcollective.com

Spatial Collective

We support communities and organizations in adopting available technologies to collect data that is important to them

Nairobi
Civic data, Mapping
Redistricting Data Hub
redistrictingdatahub.org

Redistricting Data Hub

We have all the redistricting data you can use to draw or analyze Community of Interest or District maps

Civic data, Mapping, Mapping tools
gerrymandering
OpenAddresses
openaddresses.io

OpenAddresses

The free and open global address collection

Civic data, Mapping, Mapping tools
Open Mapping Hub - Eastern and Southern Africa
hotosm.org/hubs/esa-hub

Open Mapping Hub - Eastern and Southern Africa

The Open Mapping Hub - Eastern and Southern Africa exists to serve communities in the region by supporting the creation, maintenance, distribution, and use of high-quality open maps that are relevant...

Southern and East Africa
Mapping, Civic data
humanitarian
Conversations with Volunteers
esahub.podbean.com

Conversations with Volunteers

Open Mapping Hub Eastern & South Africa's podcast

Southern and East Africa
Podcasts, Mapping
FloodLight
pak-flood.ushahidi.io/views/map

FloodLight

Ushahidi instance crowdsourcing the flood-related data from the 2022 Floods in Pakistan.

Pakistan 🇵🇰
Civic maps, Mapping, Crowdsourcing
floods
Felt
felt.com

Felt

Introducing the world’s best way to make & share maps on the internet.

Mapping platforms, Mapping tools, Civic data
Close Up at a Distance: Mapping, Technology, and Politics
zonebooks.org/books/28-close-up-at-a-distance-mapping-technology-and-politics

Close Up at a Distance: Mapping, Technology, and Politics

In Close Up at a Distance, Laura Kurgan offers a theoretical account of these new digital technologies of location and a series of practical experiments in making maps and images with spatial data.

since 2013
Books, Mapping
books
New York City Directories
digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/new-york-city-directories#/?tab=about

New York City Directories

Archive of New York City directories

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 1786
Civic data, Predecessors & Pioneers, Mapping
city, libraries, Sustainable cities and communities
CUNY Mapping Service
gc.cuny.edu/center-urban-research/cuny-mapping-service?gclid=Cj0KCQiAraSPBhDuARIsAM3Js4p3iDZexCXuOKSsfw7ePDVBEbRebiXgdxVvwYWCEzQlTmLegA2g_WcaAm9mEALw_wcB

CUNY Mapping Service

The CUNY Mapping Service at CUR engages with foundations, government agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and other CUNY researchers to use spatial information and analysis techniques to develop and exec...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Mapping, Data visualization
gerrymandering
2020 Political Atlas
political-atlas.com

2020 Political Atlas

Our goal is to provide multiple independent data sources allowing everyone to reach their own conclusions on what will happen in the 2020 elections.

The Tech, Civic data, Data visualization
US Election 2020
Accela Civic Insight
accela.com/platform/civic-insight

Accela Civic Insight

See how cloud-based and on-premise civic engagement software creates a dynamic ecosystem between government agencies, citizens, developers and partners.

since 2012
The Tech, Civic data, Data visualization
HAYAT
myhayat.my

HAYAT

Hayat Technologies is a specialised health-tech analytics and digital solutions provider

Moffett Field, Clark Road, Mountain View, California
since 2015
The Tech, Civic data, Data visualization
health, Good health and well-being, Decade-Plus Club
Map Kibera
mapkibera.org

Map Kibera

Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, was a blank spot on the map until November 2009, when young Kiberans created the first free and open digital map of their own community. Map Kibera has now grown into a compl...

Nairobi
Crowdsourcing, Mapping
Quantum GIS
qgis.org

Quantum GIS

Create, edit, visualise, analyse and publish geospatial information on Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD and mobile devices For your desktop, server, in your web browser and as developer libraries

since 2002
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Urban Archive
urbanarchive.nyc

Urban Archive

Urban Archive is a technology nonprofit that creates new connections between people, places, and historical institutions.

155 Rivington Street, New York, NY
Archives, Civic data, Civic maps
apps, history, place-based
Mask supply and demand information platform
g0v.hackmd.io/gGrOI4_aTsmpoMfLP1OU4A

Mask supply and demand information platform

Maps and inventory status of masks to help reduce the spread of Coronavirus in Taiwan

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
COVID-19, health, Good health and well-being
Skycatch
skycatch.com

Skycatch

Drone maps and 3D models processed in the cloud for construction, mining, energy, & more.

since 2013
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Paint the Town
web.archive.org/web/20201207142113/https://paintthetown.chriswhong.com/nyc

Paint the Town

Paint the Town is a collaborative data art project. It allows anyone to paint a New York City tax lot to any color they choose.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2019
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Transit.land
transit.land

Transit.land

Our goal at Transitland is to make sense of the jumble here in the SF Bay Area. We're mapping those buses, trains, streetcars, ferries, and even cable cars.

Bay Area, California
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
mass transit, mobility
Network Connectivity across American Communities
data.newamerica.org/nann_networks_map

Network Connectivity across American Communities

Heatmap of partner and peer networks across the US

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2019
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
OpenMapKit
github.com/posm/OpenMapKit

OpenMapKit

Master Directory for OpenMapKit

since 2015
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Locate, by Mapbox
locate.mapbox.com

Locate, by Mapbox

Mapbox's first event celebrating and exploring the connectedness of the world around us. #explorelocate

since 2010
Conferences, Mapping
Caminos de la Villa
caminosdelavilla.org

Caminos de la Villa

Caminos de la Villa es una plataforma de acción ciudadana que permite acceder de manera sencilla a la información vinculada con los procesos de urbanización en las villas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires...

Thames 1024, DCV, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Civic maps, Communicating with the government, Communicating with the people
K-Monitor mobile app
k.blog.hu/2014/10/30/mobilapp

K-Monitor mobile app

Örömmel tudatjuk, hogy – a K-Monitor webes felületének közelgő megújulásával szinkronban – a mai naptól elérhető a K-Monitor új okostelefonos alkalmazása

Budapest
since 2014
Advocacy tech, Civic maps, Mapping
apps
Terrastories
amazonteam.org/terrastories

Terrastories

Terrastories is a geostorytelling application built to enable local communities to locate and map their own oral storytelling traditions about places of significant meaning or value to them.

Pusugrunu, Suriname
since 2018
Mapping, Mapping platforms, Story-based campaigns
Mapping LA
maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods

Mapping LA

This re­gion­al view is your portal to in­di­vidu­al maps and stat­ist­ics for 158 cit­ies and un­in­cor­por­ated places and 114 neigh­bor­hoods with­in the city of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, CA
since 2019
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
Harvard's Malaria Tracking Research
web.archive.org/web/20170218194544/http://datacollaboratives.org/cases/tracking-malaria-in-nambia-with-cell-phone-data.html

Harvard's Malaria Tracking Research

Researchers used satellite and cell phone data to map how malaria spreads throughout Namibia and show where elimination efforts have the greatest impact.

Namibia 🇳🇦
since 2013
Civic maps, Data science for social good, Data visualization
Displacement Alert Project Map
web.archive.org/web/20220412013226/http://map.dapmapnyc.org/app

Displacement Alert Project Map

The Displacement Alert Map is a rich resource of more than a decade of key data on residential displacement in New York City.

50 Broad St, New York, NY 10004
since 2016
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
housing
North America Cartographic Information Society
nacis.org/annual-meeting/current-meeting

North America Cartographic Information Society

The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) is an enjoyable society of map enthusiasts

since 1980
Conferences, In-person meetings, Mapping
Axon Vibe
axonvibe.com

Axon Vibe

Axon Vibe provides smartphone app technology that enables public transport operators to deliver personalized communications based on users’ commuting behavior.

Lucerne, Switzerland
since 2014
Civic data, Communicating with the people, Data visualization
mass transit, mobility
Million Dollar Blocks
chicagosmilliondollarblocks.com

Million Dollar Blocks

Illinois allocates an incredible amount of money to incarcerate people from Chicago's poorest neighborhoods — sometimes millions for residents on individual city blocks. There are more effective ways...

Chicago, IL
since 2015
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
The Free Speech Project
freespeechproject.georgetown.edu

The Free Speech Project

The Free Speech Project at Georgetown University works to document and analyze the ways Free Speech is threatened in the United States through its flagship enterprise, the Free Speech Tracker, an onli...

3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057
since 2017
Civic maps, Mapping, Media
democracy, free speech
Remix
remix.com

Remix

A single platform to design for multiple transportation modes to thrive in your city.

San Francisco
since 2014
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
mass transit, mobility
City Innovation survey and map
cities-innovation-oecd.com

City Innovation survey and map

Explore how cities around the world are applying innovation methods to tackle their tough challenges

OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, France
since 2019
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
Vision Zero Portland map
pdx.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=cf122cd3b4ef46f0ac496b2d61d554e9

Vision Zero Portland map

This story map was created with the Story Map Series application in ArcGIS Online.

Portland, OR
since 2016
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
mobility
Streetwyze
streetwyze.com

Streetwyze

The Streetwyze app is the world’s first neighborhood navigator powered by local knowledge.

since 2019
Civic data, Data visualization, Hyperlocal news and citizen media
apps
Kdovpliva
kdovpliva.si

Kdovpliva

Povezave med lobisti, lobiranci, podjetji in državnimi institucijami v omrežjih vpliva.

Slovenia (Slovenija) 🇸🇮
Civic maps, Data visualization, Mapping
electricityMap
electricitymap.org

electricityMap

Live CO2 emissions of electricity consumption

Civic maps, Mapping
Sustainable cities and communities, Responsible consumption and production
Enforcement Proceedings Map
mapaexekuci.cz/mapa/index_en.html

Enforcement Proceedings Map

The interactive map of over-indebtedness in the Czech Republic based on real data from Central register of enforcement proceedings (financial executions)

Czech Republic (Ceska Republika) 🇨🇿
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
debt
LAND: Land Access for Neighborhood Development
land.ccs.miami.edu/explore/parcels

LAND: Land Access for Neighborhood Development

The Land Access Neighborhood Development (LAND) mapping tool visualizes the distribution of local institutional and government-owned vacant, as well as underused properties.

Coral Gables, Florida
since 2019
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
housing, public space, land
Internet Geographies
oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/internet-geographies

Internet Geographies

This project maps and measures the geographies of information on the Internet.

Oxford, UK
since 2012
Adjacent Fields, Civic maps, Diversity & Inclusion
Bonayo
see.bonayo.org

Bonayo

Bonayo is free user-supported software that helps San Francisco citizens see every 311 call in the City.

San Francisco
Civic data, Civic maps, Communicating with the government
Digital Attack Map
digitalattackmap.com/#anim=1&color=0&country=ALL&list=0&time=17997&view=map

Digital Attack Map

Digital Attack Map visualizes the most powerful DDoS attacks happening in the world right now

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Civic maps
Bomb blast
outrider.org/nuclear-weapons/interactive/bomb-blast

Bomb blast

Experience the power of a nuclear blast in your area

since 2019
Civic data, Civic fiction, Civic maps
Harta corupției judeţene
romaniacurata.ro/harta-coruptiei

Harta corupției judeţene

Mouse over peste județe pentru informații detaliate.

Romania 🇷🇴
since 2015
Civic maps, Mapping, Watchdogging and transparency
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