openstreetmap Archive
24 Feb 2013
OSM needs you: join the OSM Hack Weekend
At Toronto’s International Open Data Hackathon event this past weekend, it struck me how many folks would love to know how to use and how to build tools to support the OpenStreetMap community. Conversation after conversation folks mentioned that they wanted to learn more, do more. Well, this is your chance Toronto. The Toronto OSM
18 Feb 2011
Social Media in Canadian Emergencies – CrisisCamp Toronto
The CrisisCamp Toronto team has been working hard to prepare for CrisisCamp Social Media in Canadian Emergencies. This morning I was delighted to receive some great response from the IAEM – Canada mailing list. Our goal is to connect the spirit of Canadian startup innovation, internet savvy and emergency managers. When: Saturday, February 19, 2011
15 Jan 2011
RHoK follow-up: Population Centers in Disaster
At Random Hacks of Kindness 2.0 (December 2010), volunteers from CrisisCamp TO, RHoK Seattle, Humanity Road, Sahana and OpenStreetMap joined to work on a project called: Populations Centers in Disaster. Each of our groups continue to commit time and knowledge to complete this project. Three days after the devastating quake struck Haiti, the towns of