Tag Archives: mapping

Workshopping Innovations in Mobile Data Collection in Amman

Written by jessica. Posted on December 7, 2009. Filed under SMEX Training & Events. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
A mobile phone displaying Ushahidi crisis mapping site.
We know that we haven’t posted in a long time. And we look forward to changing all that with a streamlined and updated online presence in the New Year. Which, as it happens, will also coincide with an updated offline presence in our new offices in the lovely Badaro neighborhood of Beirut. Please bear with [...]

Let’s Put Beirut on the Map

Written by jessica. Posted on August 17, 2009. Filed under Participatory Media Literacy, SMEX News. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
OpenStreetMap is an international project that aims to provide free geographic data collected by individuals from around the world. Or, as they describe themselves on their website, OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. OpenStreetMap relies on crowdsourcing to gather the geographic data that is plotted on the map. Anyone who knows [...]