Archive for April 17th, 2008




WikiCrimes, Brazil’s police alternative

Apr 17th, 2008 | By

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 provide [...]

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

Apr 17th, 2008 | By

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. What’s going on [...]

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