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GIS/Mapping Primer for Nonprofits

This article is intended to provide a very high-level conceptual overview of GIS software and geographic/mapping applications and their benefit to nonprofit and community organizations. 

Seven Taverns For Each Playground: Fantastic Bunge Bio from IndieMaps.com

Submitted by jim on Mon, 2010-03-22 12:00

Zachary Johnson, the cartographer/geographer behind IndieMaps.com, wrote up a fascinating bio/review of William Bunge, a prominent social geographer from the times before mashups and slippy maps.  The images in this post are excerpted from the Bunge-created maps on IndieMaps.com and I believe they all first appeared in Wiliam Bunge's "Fitzgerald: Geography of a Revolution," 1971, Schenkman Pub. Co.

map showing a neighborhood with more taverns than playgrounds

Using maps in Literature class?! Take a Lit Trip!

A "Lit Trip" is a digital tour of the places and settings in a work of literature - think of it like a mashup of Google Maps and your favorite novel!  Lit trips can combine images, text, multimedia, and background information concerning a work of literature, and it can put these elements in their geographically-appropriate places.  Imagine seeing background context for The Odyssey superimposed over a map of the hero's travels, or following along with the Joads as they travel west from Oklahoma to California.

The Google Lit Trips site contains Google Earth based lit trip downloads, divided into age-appropriate groups for children and adults.

URL: 
http://www.googlelittrips.com

Tactical Tech's "Mapping for Advocacy" freebook

The cool folks over at Tactical Technology Collective recently revised their fantastic guide to using mapping and GIS for advocacy functions.  In addition to an overview of GIS, the guide also includes interesting case studies of GIS advocacy projects from around the world.  Definitely a must-read for those in advocacy and related practices in the nonprofit sector!

 

URL: 
http://www.tacticaltech.org/mapsforadvocacy

The Illustrated Guide to Nonprofit GIS and Online Mapping

thumbnail image of Maptogether NPO GuideWe're pleased to announce the release of the first public version of MapTogether's Illustrated Guide to Nonprofit GIS and Online Mapping. 

MoveSmart.org - A Web App That Helps Build Strong Neighborhoods!

Submitted by jim on Wed, 2009-11-25 13:00

Movesmart.org logoMoveSmart.org recently launched their Neighborhood Finder, an online web application for people seeking to move to a new neighborhood in Chicago - and coming soon, other cities around the US!