Posts by: Andrew Turner

CrisisCamp Sandy

On November 5, 2012 By Andrew Turner

This weekend, volunteer hackers and technologists convened at CrisisCamps in over 10 cities and virtually online to assist in developing tools to assist the ongoing response and recovery for people affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Collaborating in realtime over Skype, IRC, Wiki, Hackpad, and [...]

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cross posted at Esri ArcGIS blog

A little more than a month ago our team from GeoIQ joined with Esri to create the Washington DC Development Center. We’ve been busy over that month defining our strategy and plans for working together with Esri. Our core mission is extending Esri technology to make [...]

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One of the most rewarding parts of our work is seeing how the tools we build are used in new and unexpected ways. While we frequently work with customers and users to solve particular problems, we always look at the broader potential for these features to be used by a different type of user.

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TechCamp

On April 30, 2012 By Andrew Turner

This week I am leading tech training at the TechCamp events in Tel Aviv and Ramallah discussing open mapping platforms for sharing and visualizing data. TechCamp is part of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Civil Society [...]

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Last year we worked closely with the US World Wildlife Fund to develop the capability to upload and share climate modeling data through GeoIQ. Today you can explore the changing world at Climascope. Partnerships with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Continue Reading

This weekend the World Bank hosted their Spring Meetings. As part of the event, the World Bank Institute extended the Mapping for Results to move beyond the in-depth maps and data to tell stories around development objectives and measured [...]

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As is typical of Springtime, the GeoIQ team will be out and about in the world presenting and meeting at a number of upcoming events.

The first, and personally the one I’m always most excited about, is WhereCamp in San Francisco. WhereCamp is the best open venue to [...]

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This weekend the Inter-American Development Bank is launching their new MapAmericas platform at their annual meetings in Montevideo. The new platform features interactive maps of the region’s countries that provide detailed information on active IDB projects, ranging from data showing where and how money is being invested, [...]

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The current administration of the US Government has been increasingly looking at ways to both reduce costs as well as leverage more appropriate technology in order to provide services. The “Federal Cloud” is an initiative to adopt more cost-effective solutions that don’t require huge infrastructure [...]

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Last week the tremendous team at the United Nations Environment Programme GRID-Arendal launched their OCEANIDS tool. Focused on sharing and open access to rich scientific data, the team is using GeoIQ to engage with citizens, governments, and researchers around the world to collaborate on important [...]

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