GISMO - Geographic Information Systems and Mapping

GISMO November Meeting - Green Map System will be demonstrating the OpenGreenMap

Date: Wednesday November 12, 2008
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location:
Fund for the City of New York
121 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor

Green Map System will be demonstrating the OpenGreenMap.org participatory website-in-progress and sharing the potential of this new new tool for inclusive participation in sustainable community development. Presenters include Thomas Turnbull, lead developer (using Drupal, Google Map and more), Carlos Martinez, Latin America Coordinator (managing interface translations and social network outreach) and Wendy Brawer, founding director. Now involving 500 diverse communities in 54 countries, the locally-led global Green Map movement continues to expand and impact our city and our world.

For more on the origins of Green Map & an interview with Wendy see: http://www.grist.org/advice/books/2006/04/18/sprinkle/

For directions to the fund, go to:
http://www.fcny.org/portal.php/fcny/directions/

posted by Noreen Whysel @ 9:17 PM