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The New York World, an online publication just launched by the Columbia School of Journalism, is partnering with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show to do a crowd-sourced map that will look into exactly...
Crowdsourcing tends to be used for huge datasets, partly to make them more manageable. But this shows how crowdsourcing can create meaningful data anywhere and with any project. And find some...
In order to be useful, the maps must be “georectified,” or aligned with their modern virtual equivalents. (If that sounds interesting, good news: The NYPL is crowdsourcing that part of the...
Street Seats, a new project from urban planning and design firm Street Plans Collaborative, pays tribute to the importance of such humble streetside accommodation by crowdsourcing and mapping...
These five programs were developed by the city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, along with the NYCEDC.
As it is GCSE results day in the UK, The Guardian has appealed to teachers on its website to fill in a simple online form, which will then allow them to map the exam results of schools across the...
Taking advantage of Indiegogo's decision to waive fees on all non-profit campaigns dedicated to Hurricane Sandy rebuilding efforts, the Humans of New York and Tumblr are asking for $100,000 to donate to the Stephen Stiller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. At the time of this writing, the campaign is only several thousand dollars shy of its goal.
Cycling has more than doubled in NYC since 2006. In mid-January, the NYPD initiated Operation Safe Cycle, a citywide step-up in enforcement of cyclists who violate the traffic law. A bike counts...
Green Map is a global center and an online showcase for a worldwide network of community-led Green Map projects.Their mission is to spur inclusive participation, Green Map System empowers...
People are telling map stories of corruption, urban design, neighbourhoods, city-building, cooperation, traffic, preparedness and more. Giving a visual life to their communities and their issues,...
So if you spot an abandoned bike, snap a picture and send it to bikes@wnyc.org. If the location feature on your phone or camera is enabled for photos, Transport Nation can pinpoint the exact...
The Journal News, a suburban New York newspaper, set off a fiery debate about transparency and open data Saturday when it posted an interactive Google Map showing the names and addresses of all handgun permit holders in New York's Westchester and Rockland Counties.
The iPhone app that successfully launched during the demonstration is part of a project called 110 Stories. Using augmented reality, the app allows anyone with an iPhone in New York to put an...
"The purpose of the NYC Site is for you to let the City and fellow New Yorkers know about weather conditions and weather-related service disruptions in your neighborhood," the website...
Culture editor and interactive content producer Abbie Fentress Swanson hopes that the crowdsourced map can help people interact with New York City in a new way, while reliving their Mad Men...
OpenPlans, the New York City-based open data nonprofit, is giving away free installations of Shareabouts, its crowdsourced place data tool. OpenPlans, the New York City-based open data...
All of these play a role in the sustainability movement- a city where urbanites can interact, move around, eat well and play is a healthy, green place. Now it's a matter of making sure the...
Whether you're a local or a visitor it's no question that NYC has some the best desserts in the world. With "NYC's Crowdsourced Dessert Guide" BiblioCrunch gathered...
The city seems to have done a pretty good job reaching out to the community to figure out where the initial stations should go.
Apple has had a tough run of it since the public finally got its hands on the new iPhone 5 and the new Apple Maps that replace Google's in iOS 6, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system. The problem seems to be a failure in smoothing out the kinks that come with utilizing disparate data sources to create a single, unified maps product. The solution lies in the crowd.
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