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Geo-Tagged Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Joaquin in Real Time

VisionLink

Map illustrates damage reports as hurricane hits North Carolina. 5, 2015— VisionLink , a community inspired software and consulting company, has developed a free, shareable, real-time, geo-tagged map depicting actual damage reports produced by Hurricane Joaquin. BOULDER, Colo. —

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families.

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"Leveling the Playing Field" Through Broadband and Public Computers

NTEN

Calvin Osborne, an attorney with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), underscored the urgency in improving broadband -- essentially fast Internet access -- to keep the US from lagging behind other nations. Tags: NPTech NTEN. Simmons claimed it was "almost impossible to build a community" today without broadband access.

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Win Back Your Lapsed Donors

Bloomerang

And give us the weather report, because I always like to see that, because I’m a dork. So they got the whole nation covered, which is also cool. ” But you really need to have a good balance of asking and reporting back. you know, when Puerto Rico had that hurricane, you know, that was huge here. It was huge.

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Steve Bridger

a day is also still poverty even in the poorest nations. I wonder if more charities reported good news more often we would be more inclined to get involved. Andy, I’ve started tagging some photos from my Flickr photostream “mindapples&# , as you suggest. As long as I can manage to come back.) Enriching in itself.

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