[okfn-discuss] proposal for a wiki-map based platform to create location-based open data

Tue Mar 5 16:38:50 UTC 2013

Hi Jose, all,

Daniel, cc'd, is the best person to answer queries around
Crowdcrafting.org and PyBossa, the main platform behind it.
Your request is timely in that we are running a science hackday around
crowdcrafting.org on Saturday 16 March in London.
You can find information and registration information at :

http://okfn.org/events/science-hackday-march-2013/

We will be hacking on PyBossa, the crowdsourcing platform behind
crodwcrafting.org and EpiCollect, a platform for collecting data using
mobiles and web forms. One of the projects that we will focus on at
the hackday is to bring the two together, so you can get the help of
the crowd in analysing the data that you gather. As Rufus mentioned,
an example of such a task could be to add markers to an openstreetmap
map.

If you're interested to learn more, it would be great if you could
come along to the hackday or participate remotely. I would love to
hear if that would be of interest!

Kind Regards

Sander

On 5 March 2013 15:34, Jose Leal <admin at wikidomo.com> wrote:
> Hi Rufus,
>
> The CrowdCrafting.org site seems to be down at the moment. Who do you
> suggest I contact to learn more about the project?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jose
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I do note we are involved in developing a crowdsourcing (for good)
>> platform: http://crowdcrafting.org/. The focus of CrowdCrafting is to make
>> it super-simple to create crowdsourcing apps for both geeks *and* non-geeks.
>> An example geocoding / geolocation app can be found here:
>> http://crowdcrafting.org/app/urbanpark/
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rufus
>>
>>
>> On 5 March 2013 07:14, Mohammed Saleh <mhssuliman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear tim
>>> we came up with the project when we were trying to use Crowdmap platform
>>> and Ushahidi to map the schools problems
>>> in Sudan , these tools are powerful in reporting the problems (i.e lack
>>> of teachers , books , sanitations ,...) , but
>>> the problems  are ( quickly  Exacerbate ) that's why we need any one to
>>> login and (update the content) , and
>>> that's why we adopt the wiki-model
>>> you could think about so many diffrent uses when put into practise .
>>> what do you think .
>>>
>>> From: Tim Michelsen <timmichelsen at gmx-topmail.de>
>>> To: mhssuliman at yahoo.com
>>> Cc: okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 9:58
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] proposal for a wiki-map based platform to
>>> create location-based open data
>>>
>>> > to bulid a ( Genral crowdsourcing tool ) , that could be used for any
>>> > purpose .
>>> > we got two approaches , one is to build it from scratch , the second is
>>> > to try to upgrade
>>> > Ushahidi platform ( I have already Me Erick the Co-founder  and we will
>>> > have a meeting next friday )
>>> >  what do you think ?
>>> Really difficult at this moment to see where this is leading towards and
>>> what purpose you have in mind (for the users).
>>>
>>> Could you draw up a use case?
>>>
>>> anyway, please keep us updated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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