1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1185634036-BOzh30GIJzV6+t54ZQkygg). The story lead with a map made by an amateur of the spread of graffiti in Federal Way, Washington. In the words of the mapmaker: “Any time you can take data and represent it visually, you can start to recognize patterns and see where you need to put resources,” said Mr. Lamb, whose map now pinpoints, often with photographs, nearly 100 sites that have been vandalized. What applications might the use of tools such as Google maps have for individuals, groups and agencies to organize data for decision making in graphic and low cost ways? (Note 2)
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Information for Decision Making: Using Google Maps
On July 27, 2007 the New York Times published an article entitled: With Tools on Web, Amateurs Reshape Map making (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/technology/27maps.html?_r=1&adxnnl=
1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1185634036-BOzh30GIJzV6+t54ZQkygg). The story lead with a map made by an amateur of the spread of graffiti in Federal Way, Washington. In the words of the mapmaker: “Any time you can take data and represent it visually, you can start to recognize patterns and see where you need to put resources,” said Mr. Lamb, whose map now pinpoints, often with photographs, nearly 100 sites that have been vandalized. What applications might the use of tools such as Google maps have for individuals, groups and agencies to organize data for decision making in graphic and low cost ways? (Note 2)
1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1185634036-BOzh30GIJzV6+t54ZQkygg). The story lead with a map made by an amateur of the spread of graffiti in Federal Way, Washington. In the words of the mapmaker: “Any time you can take data and represent it visually, you can start to recognize patterns and see where you need to put resources,” said Mr. Lamb, whose map now pinpoints, often with photographs, nearly 100 sites that have been vandalized. What applications might the use of tools such as Google maps have for individuals, groups and agencies to organize data for decision making in graphic and low cost ways? (Note 2)
Innovation: Crowd Sourcing
National Public Radio broadcast a story on July 28, 2007 on "crowd sourcing" also called "open sourcing" that involves putting problems out to a world wide network of innovators to come up with solutions. One firm mentioned was Innocentive (http://www.innocentive.com/) that links research and development needs with a worldwide network of problem solvers. "Crowdsourcing" according to Wikipedia is " a neologism for a model in which a company or institution outsources the solution of a problem to the public. For example, the public may be invited to develop a new technology, carry out a design task, refine an algorithm or analyse large amounts of data." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing). What applications of this approach might be there be for addressing challenges in the public sector? (Note 1)
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