5 Reasons to Apply to be a Presidential Innovation Fellow (Deadline is Today)

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by seanherron • 12 years ago

10 1 12 years ago

Special plug for the OpenStreetMap innovation fellow!

http://www.whitehouse.gov//innovationfellows/projects#sectio...

Round 3 Presidential Innovation Fellows will work on five Crowdsourcing projects that seek to create interesting opportunities and solve unique challenges.

Open Street Map for Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free, editable map of the world built by a community of mappers who contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world. During disasters like the 2010 Haiti earthquake, volunteers around the globe can use OSM to quickly build maps of uncharted or poorly charted regions, with the goal of rapidly getting help to where it is most needed. This project expands on existing State Department initiatives to: create and share open geographic data with the OSM user community; support the growth of global technology communities through stakeholder events around the globe; make citizen-driven mapping a core component of ongoing engagement with civil society; and openly share the outcomes of civic engagement efforts to help inform humanitarian and development projects around the world.

5 Reasons to Apply to be a Presidential Innovation Fellow (Deadline is Today)

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