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Weekly: Mapstars, Security and more

What a week! We have an important security update, news about a few community award winners/nominees, some code changes and a community meetup in Panama:

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:45:03 -0700

It’s all Greek to me! Localization is a bumpy road

[Post co-written with Michelle Lee, our intern. Michelle is an ex-journalist, freelance writer, now a MA student doing Creating Social Media, Goldsmiths College, University of London.]

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:58:00 -0700

Predicting Locations of Emergency & Damage During Disaster Using VGI Data

[Guest blog post by Prateek Budhwar who is currently pursuing M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. Prateek is interested in the areas of Volunteered geographic information, Digital image processing, GPS based LBS applications on android and remote sensing].

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:59:28 -0700

#UgandaSpeaks: Al-Jazeera uses Ushahidi to Amplify Local Voices in Response to #Kony2012

Invisible Children’s #Kony2012 campaign has set off a massive firestorm of criticism with the debate likely to continue raging for many more weeks and months.

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:19:03 -0700

Crisis Mapping Syria: An Important Update

[Guest blog post by Syrian activist, author identity withheld for security reasons]

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:46:07 -0800
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