Community Insight Previews at O'Reilly's Where 2.0, May 12-14, Burlingame, CA
Rhiza will preview Community Insight at Where 2.0 May 12-14 in Burlingame, CA, leading a discussion about the challenges and benefits of building GIS and data analysis tools that both experts and novices can use
Here’s the excerpt about the talk:
Community Insight: User Contributed Map Data… with a Purpose
Communities generate lots of maps, but they’re not effectively shared for better decision making. Rhiza Labs introduces Community Insight as a platform for sharing complex map data, creating data analysis online, and networking with experts. It is designed to be accessible and usable by policy wonks, concerned citizens, and academic researchers alike. The product is being used in conservation science on databasin.org to connect policy advocates with science data, where issues of trust, provenance, and accuracy abound.