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Healthsites.io establishes this data and the tools necessary to upload, manage and make the data easily accessible.
Field Papers is a tool to help you create a multi-page atlas of anywhere in the world. Once you print it, you can take it outside, into the field, to record notes and observations about the area you're looking at, or use it as your own personal tour guide in a new city.
MapRoulette has dozens of mapping Challenges that are created by experienced mappers. Each Challenge is about improving OSM in one very specific way
Funded by the European Commission Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) and implemented by UNESCO, this project supports the Flemish government in implementing reforms by contributing to the improved AI-readiness and increased adoption of AI across the Flemish public administrations in a safe and ethical manner.
The Export Tool is an open service that creates customized extracts of up-to-date OSM data in various file formats.
Mapeo is a free, easy-to-use, open source set of tools for collecting and mapping information. Mapeo was built by Digital Democracy with and for earth defenders to easily document environmental & human rights information and to collect data about their land. It was designed to work in entirely offline environments, is highly customizable, and built on a decentralized peer-to-peer database that allows communities to own their own data.
Synthetic Memories
Barcelona, Spainan initiative aimed at recovering lost or undocumented visual memories using AI image generation.
Africa Law Tech Festival
NairobiThe Africa Law Tech Festival is the largest Law and Tech conference in Africa, convening over 2000 delegates from 40+ countries.
The Sketch Map Tool is an easy-to-use tool for participatory sketch mapping through offline collection, digitization and georeferencing of local spatial knowledge. The tool has a variety of applications. For example, do you want to work together with people in a community to map their experience and perception of risk in their neighbourhood in a paper-based format, but still be able to quickly analyse the results digitally? Then, the Sketch Map Tool is exactly what you need!
SurveyCTO is a mobile data collection platform for researchers and professionals working in offline settings.
Formerly Google Studio. Unlock the power of your data with interactive dashboards and beautiful reports that inspire smarter business decisions. It's easy and free.
Ona Data is our flagship mobile data collection platform, used by thousands of organizations globally for data collection and real-time monitoring.
Access street-level imagery and map data from all over the world. Fill in the gaps by capturing coverage yourself.
Skeptic Reader
Spain (España)Your personal bullshit🤌 detector for the Internet.
EveryDoor is an OpenStreetMap editor for POIs and entrances.
Kepler.gl is a powerful open source geospatial analysis tool for large-scale data sets.
Transforming Flanders digitally
FlandersThe Government of Flanders is developing the digital talents of all people of Flanders. It valorises data as a raw material of the economy and society and is working on the digital transformation of public service delivery.
Swipe and tap. Put communities on the map. Help humanitarians find and help vulnerable people.
Tattara is a platform that enables field agents to collect data with a mobile device.
All Tech Is Human Responsible Tech University Network
New York City, NY, USAAll Tech Is Human’s mission is to grow and diversify the entire Responsible Tech community. The University Network serves that mission by extending opportunities for learning and career growth (and a good time!) to affiliated student clubs at colleges and universities across the globe.
Je Gemeente Telt
Leuven, BelgiumMaking the financial open data of Flemish local governments accessible for the many.
We’re building sustainable solutions for collecting, processing, analyzing and displaying aerial data while supporting the communities built around them.
Rapid integrates advanced mapping tools, authoritative geospatial open data, and cutting-edge technology to empower OpenStreetMap mappers at all levels to get started quickly, making accurate and fresh edits to maps.
StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events. Tells a story based on a series of singular point locations.
Measure from images: A unique photogrammetry software suite for mobile and drone mapping PIX4Dmapper: Photogrammetry software for professional drone mapping
El programa Cali Cómo Vamos, el laboratorio ciudadano Mi Cali Contrata Bien, la Unidad de Acción Vallecaucana y el observatorio Cali Visible, ponen a disposición una ruta de obtención de datos referidos a indicadores de bienestar y gestión pública de la ciudad.
Web forms evolved. Deploy and conduct surveys that work without a connection, on any device.
Responsible Tech Talent Pool
New York City, NY, USAForm to add yourself to All Tech Is Human's job matching pool
Turn-by-turn navigation, OpenStreetMap, Crowd-Sourced Traffic, 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit. Entirely free.
Responsible Tech Organizations
New York City, NY, USAAll Tech Is Human's Airtable of 600+ organizations
ODK Collect is an open source Android app that replaces paper forms used in survey-based data gathering. It supports a wide range of question and answer types, and is designed to work well without network connectivity.
Mark and find wheelchair accessible places — worldwide and for free. Wheelmap is the map for wheelchair accessible places
FIeldTM allows for coordinating field mapping activities in Open Mapping campaigns. While there are existing field mapping applications, there is a lack of efficient tools to coordinate these activities. The FMTM builds on the HOT Tasking Manager and other mapping applications to provide a more streamlined and organized process for completing field mapping tasks.
presents technology and intellectual property issues to be discussed by universities in Venezuela.
Tella
GlobalTella is a mobile tool designed for activists, human rights defenders, and journalists facing high levels of repression and surveillance. With Tella, users can seamlessly hide and encrypt sensitive material in a secure container on their mobile device and securely send this material to the servers of the organization or partner they're working with.
DEMOCRACY X
Denmark (Danmark)In 2023, the Danish Board of Technology and ParticipationDenmark merged. We are now called DEMOCRACY X, with a focus on technology, society and sustainability.
Domestic Data Streamers
Carrer Papin 33, 08028 Barcelona, SpainWe are a research and design studio partnering up with organisations to build change through data, community, and arts.
Tech for Democracy
Denmark (Danmark)Tech for Democracy is a Danish-led initiative that brings together representatives from governments, multilateral organisations, tech industry and civil society to make technology work for democracy and human rights, not against them.
#startsmall
San FranciscoBlock Head - Jack Dorsey's public fund for global COVID-19 relief. After the pandemic, the focus will shift to girl’s health and education, and UBI.
Surveillance Watch is an interactive map that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry.
Poliquicks
DelawareNonpartisan political education app.
Metroverse, an interactive tool built by Harvard’s Growth Lab, makes it possible to understand your city’s economy and compare it to others.
Gali Fakta
IndianaA new kind of media literacy game specifically tailored for an Indonesian audience.
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