Broad Street Maps

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/02/world/asia/3-ways-nepalis-are-using-crowdsourcing-to-aid-in-quake-relief.html?_r=0

3 Ways Nepalis Are Using Crowdsourcing to Aid in Quake Relief Nepalis at home and abroad are leading initiatives that harness digital technologies and social platforms to assist their countrymen in relief efforts.

"In this age where big data meets advanced technology (much of which is open-source and freely available), reaching the last mile and connecting to health facilities in even the most rural areas is no longer an unattainable goal. It begins quite simply with locating these points on a map."
http://sciencespeaksblog.org/2015/03/31/mapping-health-facilities-supports-accountability-saves-lives/

Mapping health facilities supports accountability, saves lives Do countries have accurate information on where health facilities are located? The following is a guest post from Anita Datar of Health Policy Project, telling

It's a crazy thought to consider, but, in much of the developing world, there are still whole villages, towns, and even cities missing from the map!

On the blog today: the world's unmapped places and how the power of the crowd is having a remarkable impact on the public health systems and wellbeing of people who live in these gaps.

http://www.broadstreetmaps.org/blog/2015/2/26/voaj4oz88lbcw59637ozk3yz1rwcv1

Mapping the Gaps: How the Crowd Can Build Better Public Health Systems In the United States, we take access to geographic data and tools like Google Maps for granted. Anything we want to know about a place we can now get on our phones — whether it’s detailed driving directions or the number of coffee shops within a half mile radius. And if you’re a student, researcher,…

This awesome interactive graphic highlights the 1,410 different spots on the globe that presidents of the USA have referenced in 224 speeches. How have our priorities and concerns changed over time?
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/01/mapping-the-state-of-the-union/384576/

Mapping the State of the Union An interactive graphic shows the 1,410 different spots on the globe presidents have referenced in 224 speeches.