Archive for April 17th, 2008




WikiCrimes, Brazil’s police alternative

Apr 17th, 2008 | By Jesse

Just coming off a session where we were talking about how user generated content can offer great advantages to local communities it was interesting to read this article which talks about a new wiki map called WikiCrimes that allows users to report crimes and their location in Brazil. Apparently the Brazilian police do not [...]

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What Are You Doing for EarthDay? Google Wants to Know!

Apr 17th, 2008 | By Frank

Google has put up an interactive Google Map where you can share Earth events and ideas with people around the world. It’s a fairly basic site, but there are some neat stuff people are planning to do. For instance in Very Spatial’s own home turf, people are planning on doing more composting. [...]

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