Crowdmap Public Beta: Get a Demo and learn more

Post seamlessly with no friction. We've got a demo and some more 'Under the hood' and 'next steps' for Crowdmap. Here's a recording of our Crowdmap Public Beta Demo and Chat. Brian Herbert and Evan Sims join us to give a demo, talk about Crowdmap and answer your questions. (Note: There was only a small sound blip for about 30 seconds near the beginning. Then, the sound is great. Hang in until 2 minute mark for the full demo. We promise to share a easter egg too. ) Evan Sim's blog post on why new Crowdmap on Medium: "One year later...throwing caution to the wind and building a dream." Some of the questions we answered:

How does this ties in with the ushahidi platform?

Is the new crowdmap completely independent from Ushahidi's code?

Is it open source as Ushahidi? Or will it be?

Is there a way to filter content on maps through categories or tags like we could on Ushahidi?

I work with social projects in Rio's favelas (poor communities). Are you guys planning an easier version for children / not heavy users?

I have a map in Google maps and wanted to know if you all had any thoughts on how to download and then upload the data to Crowdmap.

Feature requests: 1. Google+ Sign In, Facebook login 2. Google+ sharing 3. Custom Icons 4. KML support would be great already. Also opens opportunity to work with government open data Keep the testing, questions and feedback coming. As Brian likes to say: "We are at the 25% point, we'll keep iterating based on what you need." Stay tuned for more from Team Crowdmap! Happy mapping!