Weekly: Crowdmap Embeds, Upgrade 2.7 Help

Ushahidi
May 29, 2013

From press freedom in Kenya to wind turbines in Wales, we have your weekly Ushahidi fix on all the products and upcoming events. First off, we want to extend a huge thanks to our community of supporters for helping BRCK achieve the funding goal. We know this is just the first step in a long road to delivery. So, thank you for the confidence as we keep making. There are still 6 days to be an early adopter.

Deployment of the Week

The Media Council of Kenya aims to instil, maintain and protect press freedom in Kenya. They are Deployment of the Week: media freedom 254

Upcoming Events

May 30 -31, 2013 Upgrade Days Upgrading is easy, with a little help from friends Sign up if you need help or can help Tuesday, June 4, 2013: NYC Casual Meetup. Join us to talk about your projects, meet the team and be inspired by NYC Mappers and makers. June 6 - 7, 2013: Personal Democracy Forum. It is one of our favourite brain fests combining politics, democracy and technology. Ethan Zuckerman, Ushahidi Board Member, will be speaking. Tickets are still available. Follow #PDF13 June 12, 2013 Research and Ethics in Data Collection (a primer). Ushahidi is used for data collection by diverse organizations for a variety of map missions from election monitoring, corruption and human rights. In our research community, we've been discussing ethics in research. Join our guests engine room and ihub research for a round table introduction to what to consider before starting your data mapping project. (We've been talking about this article highlighting the importance of ethics in data collection.)

Crowdmap: using Embed Codes

Team Crowdmap is adding code everyday. We know that you want to embed and port data to your community and your networks. See how easy it is on our wiki how to. https://twitter.com/RUKCymru/status/334626955238461440 wind turbines

In the news

We are super honoured to be included in the Governance Report 2013.

Help Wanted

Haalaat.com is a platform for aggregation, crowd-sourcing, mapping, distribution, and analysis of incidents of crime, violence, and other public nuisance across Pakistan. With more than 700 reports and close to 100,000 subscribers on Facebook in less than three months, the website has received a great response. The goal is to be a central database with which average users, journalists, think tanks, experts, and law enforcement agencies alike can interact in an easy and innovative way, making sure that the endless opportunities that technology has given us are availed to the max. We are extremely excited about discussing and sharing ideas so if you are interested, feel free to drop us an email at info AT haalaat DOT com.

Into the Code

We held our second BRCK Google Hangout. In this 1 hour session, we dive into the tech details including the differences to MiFi, ways to BRCK hack, BRCK uses, What's in the box? or Will it blend?

SMSSync

More bug fixing is underway, with a release scheduled in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more updates and announcements as we move closer to the release date.

Ushahidi Core

The teams are working on API fine-tuning and UI implementation.

Swift

Work on the new UI and data migration is still ongoing, but should be done in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to the wiki and mailing list for updates coming soon.

Fun tools to play with your data

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