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  1. mapperz

    add Calgary Herald to the list
    ‘Calgary techies #map out efforts to rebuild #Haiti’ – http://tinyurl.com/calgaryherald-osm #osm in the news – February 7, 2010

    http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Calgary+techies+efforts+rebuild+Haiti/2533312/story.html
    “Some of the Calgarians were helping work on Haiti OpenStreetMap, which uses up-to-date satellite images. Many of the aid workers are using smartphones and “when they’re delivering aid, if they go down a road and there’s a bunch of rubble and the road is wreaked, they can access this and have up-to-date information on their GPS (global positioning system) to find an alternative route”

    via @mapperz (twitter)

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