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OpenStreetMaps - potential and challenges in community-sourced mapping

Tue, 2012-10-23 18:56 — ryanfbaker
Recently, Apple made news by disowning Google Maps in its hand-held devices, in deference to its own nascent (and buggy) mapping system. If trends continue, however, Google and Apple’s proprietary systems may both be left behind by OpenStreetMaps, an alternative crowd-sourced online world map, whose contributing membership has recently swelled to over 800,000.

The Internet Archive - “One Millionaire’s Quest to Build the Biggest Library on Earth”

Mon, 2012-09-03 19:19 — ryanfbaker

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/brewster-kahle/

The creation and maintenance of the Internet Archive and its associated collections are among the most ambitious projects that have been undertaken involving the preservation of information in the Internet age. They are also prime examples of core Organizing System concepts put into practice.

Taking the guesswork out of political polling - FiveThirtyEight.com and a refreshing way to follow elections

Mon, 2012-09-03 17:33 — ryanfbaker

With the U.S. election day just two months away, news organizations, blogs, and social networks are abuzz with a constant state of attentiveness to the latest developments in the high-profile races for political power.

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