We're participating in the "Open Data Unleashed" session at the OpenGovDC conference on June 14 are are looking forward to talking practically about what it means for government agencies to open up their data.
The August DC geo meetup is tonight, August 3 at 7:00 pm at Stetson's Bar and Grill and will feature three short presentations on topics like 3D maps, building maps in Ruby, and a case study of map and data visualization.
Yesterday we launched a website publishing 10 years of data on violence against journalists in Afghanistan. The latest in our recent work opening and visualizing new public datasets, this site posed some unique challenges, particularly with respect to operating in low bandwidth environments.
We will be leading a two hour introduction to TileMill, our open source map design studio, here in Kabul on Monday, specifically looking at how NGOs can tell better stories with their data by visualizing it on beautiful, fast maps.
The final results from Septembers's Wolesi Jirga elections in Afghanistan have been released on 2010.afghanistanelectiondata.org.
TechCamp Santiago is taking place today in Chile, and Eric is attending to show some examples of the efficiency gains that can come from opening up data, as well a
The first ever Personal Democracy Forum Latin American (PdF LatAm) kicks off this morning in Santiago, Chile, and
We're working on adding fast interactivity to data-heavy maps.
We just released a [new map tileset of Pakistan on Mapbox.com][mb] as part of an upcoming project we are doing with the New America Foundation.
We'll present on mapping at tomorrow's DC Media Makers meetup down at NPR's offices.
