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anabrandusescu.bsky.social
New paper alert! Disparity, Instability, and Power in the Crowdmapping Ecosystem by @resieber.bsky.social and me for the Journal of Community Informatics.

openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/Jo...
Abstract: Crowdmapping is part of an evolution in participatory mapping, which shifted to the Participatory GIS of stand-alone offline software packages, and now embraces numerous online technologies. In community informatics, we focus on the need to sustain these systems, which supposedly has been dramatically eased with the introduction of online mapping tools and has democratized the technology. The literature is largely absent of the ways in which crowdmapping exists in an ecosystem of private sector and nonprofit actors, operating in an arena of non-human artifacts, such as hardware, software, and data. We reflect on five community-based crowdmapping apps in Canada (Montreal and Vancouver) with goals of fighting densification, highlighting lack of affordable housing and family-oriented greenspaces, promoting community assets, increasing findability of healthy food sources, and collecting perceptions of university spaces. We utilized a design ethnography to identify components of our ecosystem and actor-network theory to map the ecosystem. Our findings reveal the crowdmapping ecosystem 1 faced several interoperability challenges for technical implementation, which brought into sharp relief the disparate skill levels and resource capacities of developer and communities as well as the ability to respond to almost daily modifications in hardware, software, and data; 2 relied on an ever-shifting network of individuals and organizations in large part because of unsustainable business models serving a top-down governance; and 3 exposed power differentials among a mix of funders, tech-for-good nonprofits, private sector hardware and software providers, and the underlying non-human actors. Lessons learned from this ecosystem inform crowdmapping as it evolves and engages newer actors and technologies, which further inform community-based organizations as well as researchers and philanthropic funders who may promote overly complex solutions to suit particular agendas.
January 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
heigit.org
The crowdmapping app #MapSwipe now integrates also street-level imagery. This new feature enables even mapping efforts that require the highest level of detail, such as detecting waste on the street.

Read more and start swiping: heigit.org/crowdmapping...
March 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
mapwitch.bsky.social
spatial intelligence | telemetry | crowdmapping | maps in the cloud | 'maps are tools' | 'democratizing cartography' | heatmaps
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
mappingmetoomusic.bsky.social
Warum es das Projekt "Mapping #MeToo in Music" gibt & was wir wollen:
#CrowdFunding für #CrowdMapping:
gofund.me/753dc49a
November 19, 2023 at 1:05 PM
mappingmetoomusic.bsky.social
Warum es das Projekt "Mapping #MeToo in Music" gibt & was wir wollen:
#CrowdFunding für #CrowdMapping:
gofund.me/753dc49a
November 19, 2023 at 12:38 PM
tomslee.net
Crowdmapping?
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
mappingmetoomusic.bsky.social
Warum es das Projekt "Mapping #MeToo in Music" gibt & was wir wollen:
#CrowdFunding für #CrowdMapping:
gofund.me/753dc49a
November 19, 2023 at 1:04 PM
heigit.org
#30DayMapChallenge Day 11:
School students in Aklavik (Canada) helped capture drone images of their village in the #Arctic.
Berlin students then identified power poles with our #crowdmapping app (mapswipe.org), as part of the #CitizenScience project undercovereisagenten.org on #permafrost thawing.
November 11, 2024 at 10:03 AM
anabrandusescu.bsky.social
"Lessons learned from this ecosystem inform crowdmapping as it evolves and engages newer actors and technologies like AI, which further inform community-based organizations as well as researchers and philanthropic funders who may promote overly complex solutions to suit particular agendas."
January 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
un-mappers.bsky.social
Happening tomorrow, 25 July! ✨
Join us for our monthly #UNMappers Mappy H🕙ur 🥳

📍 Registration: tinyurl.com/UNMappyHour

We will have time for mapping and series of lightning ⚡talks!
See you there! 🙌

#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #opendata #crowdmapping #volunteering #MappyHour #UNMappersMappyHour
July 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
un-mappers.bsky.social
Thank you for joining our Mappy H🕙ur in September & October! 💙

The recording of the October #MappyHour is on Youtube 🎥 youtu.be/1QcfwhYhdM0

We hope to see you again for this month!
📍 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers...

#OpenStreetMap #opendata #crowdmapping #volunteering #events #gischat
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
openstreetmapr.eurosky.social
#OpenStreetMap is like Wikipedia — but for #maps! 🌍 🗺️
Help improve it with simple tools like #StreetComplete, #MapComplete, Every Door, or apps.apple.com/nl/app/go-ma...

No tech skills needed, just your eyes and curiosity. 👀
#OpenStreetMap #Crowdmapping #deGoogle #navigation #bigtech #opendata
‎Go Map!!
‎Go Map!! lets you create and edit information in OpenStreetMap, the free crowd-sourced map of your neighborhood and the world. Add shops and restaurants, streets, cycling and hiking paths, buildings,...
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October 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
anabrandusescu.bsky.social
We found the crowdmapping ecosystem:

1. faced interoperability challenges for tech implementation, which brought into sharp relief disparate skill levels and resource capacities of developers and communities as well as ability to respond to almost daily modifications in hardware, software & data;
January 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
pandey-divya.bsky.social
The LOESS Crowdmapping Tool empowers individuals & communities to map and share local soil data 🌍
loess-project.eu/crowdmapping...

Together we raise awareness on soil health 🌱, support research 📊, and inspire sustainable practices 🌿
#SoilHealth #CitizenScience #LOESS
CROWDMAPPING TOOL - Loess Project
Shape The Future Of Soil Education Together, we map, connect, and educate to cultivate soil literacy, fostering awareness, engagement, and sustainable practices. How to use the crowdmapping tool Explo...
loess-project.eu
September 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
anabrandusescu.bsky.social
This paper is based on my master's research. We started writing it in 2018 (yes, you read that correctly) and through a meandering journey, it has finally made it out into the world! Thank you to Peter Johnson and the reviewers for getting us here.

openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/Jo...
Disparity, Instability, and Power in the Crowdmapping Ecosystem | The Journal of Community Informatics
openjournals.uwaterloo.ca
January 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
un-mappers.bsky.social
Thank you for joining our Mappy H🕙ur for last month! 💙

The recording of the August #MappyHour, including lightning talks from OSM ENSTP and NGES, is now on Youtube 🎥https://youtu.be/i2EBGayH0vE

#UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #opendata #crowdmapping #volunteering #UNMappersMappyHour #events
September 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
uclgeography.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk Geography is helping Ethiopian communities map food & water resources using satellite imagery, WhatsApp, and local knowledge.

A 4-year project led by Dr Marcos Moreu & Prof Muki Haklay shows how geospatial innovation can drive social impact.

#UCLGeography #Crowdmapping #FoodSecurity
UCL Geography leads innovative crowdmapping project for food security in Ethiopia
UCL Geography is advancing food security in Ethiopia through pioneering crowdmapping methods, led by Dr Marcos Moreu and Professor Muki Haklay.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
un-mappers.bsky.social
We are mapping agricultural waterways and farmlands to support @fao.org🌱
📌 tinyurl.com/UNMFAOprojMa...

▲ Priority mapping: Project #23832
tasks.hotosm.org/projects/238...

🗪 Join us in Discord!
bit.ly/UNMappersDis...

#UNMaps #UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #opendata #crowdmapping #volunteering
tinyurl.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
anabrandusescu.bsky.social
"We reflect on 5 community-based crowdmapping apps in Canada with goals of fighting densification, highlighting lack of affordable housing and family-oriented greenspaces, promoting community assets, increasing findability of healthy food sources, and collecting perceptions of university spaces."
January 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
un-mappers.bsky.social
See you this Friday for our July #UNMappers Mappy H🕙ur 🥳

Secure your seats 😃👇
📍 tinyurl.com/UNMappyHour

#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #opendata #crowdmapping #volunteering #MappyHour
July 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
un-mappers.bsky.social
Our July #UNMappers Mappy H🕙ur is happening on 25 July! 🥳

We hope to share recent updates about the UN Mappers community and of'course, to map with you! 🗺 💙

Register now! 😃👇
📍 tinyurl.com/UNMappyHour

#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #opendata #crowdmapping #volunteering #MappyHour #UNMappersMappyHour
July 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
angiyo.bsky.social
This is why we will need to develop verifiable systems of data collection that provide information. This can become a key part of the resistance.

The US will need to learn from places like 🇰🇪 Kenya's Ushahidi platform - that used crowdmapping to inform responses in chaotic or disaster situations.
November 30, 2024 at 8:48 PM
un-mappers.bsky.social
Join our August #UNMappers Mappy H🕙ur happening next week, August 29th, Friday! 🥳

📅 29 August
⏲️ 12:00 UTC | 14:00 CET | 08:00 ET | 20:00 SG
📍 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers...

See you! 😃
#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #opendata #crowdmapping #volunteering #MappyHour #UNMappersMappyHour
August 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
mappingmetoomusic.bsky.social
#CrowdFunding kennt ihr, aber #CrowdMapping nicht?

📌 So, wie die Gemeinschaft Geld sammeln kann, kann sie auch Daten auf einer digitalen Karte versammeln. Zum Beispiel eben durch eine #RedFlag, mit der man einen Ort markiert, an dem ein Übergriff stattgefunden hat.

💰 gofund.me/5f1c7f9e
November 28, 2023 at 10:00 AM
mappingmetoomusic.bsky.social
Ein CrowdFunding für ein CrowdMapping!
Spendet, wenn ihr könnt, für die Sichtbachmachung von #Metoo in der Musik
Denn das Problem können wir nur gemeinsam angehen!
gofund.me/5f1c7f9e
Mapping #Me Too in Music, organized by Neo Hülcker
Mapping #Me Too in Music Machtmissbrauch und Übergriffe gehören an sämtlichen Musikinstitutione… Neo Hülcker needs your support for Mapping #Me Too in Music
gofund.me
November 18, 2023 at 4:00 PM