Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, widely known as Africa’s largest slum, remains a blank spot on the map. Without basic knowledge of the geography and resources of Kibera it is impossible to have an informed discussion on how to improve the lives of residents.
Using data collected by Map Kibera, a map has been created and made available to anyone through the wonderful Open Street Map.
Because the map is created by residents, it has more than just roads and ways. It also shows churches, medical centers, restrooms, Adopt A Light locations, water collection centers, and much more.
For more info on the Map Kibera project check out their blog. If you really want to geo-geek out on how the map data was collected, they posted “Some notes on Map Kibera mapping“.
Starting at sundown today Jewish people around the world will be celebrating the Spring festival called Passover. The holiday symbolizes freedom, which is something we can really get behind. The best part of the celebration? The food of course. Traditional foods eaten at the seder meal are matzoh, gefilte fish, brisket and wine. The White House held their very first seder last year, I wonder what they’re making this year?
March 27, 2010 at 8:30pm local time was Earth Hour. Across the world, as the Earth Hour approached, people, cities, and famous landmarks turned off the lights and lit up the candles. See more Earth Hour photos from all over the world in the Earth Hour 2010 group.
March 27, 2010 at 8:30pm local time is Earth Hour. Across the world, as the Earth Hour approaches, people, cities, and famous landmarks are joining in by turning off the lights. As Earth Hour makes its way across the planet, we’ll be updating the blog with more images.
Celebrate by turning out the lights and posting photos of your Earth Hour in the Earth Hour 2010 group.
March 27, 2010 at 8:30pm local time is Earth Hour. Across the world, as the Earth Hour approaches, people, cities, and famous landmarks are joining in by turning off the lights. Many parts of the world have already passed through Earth Hour, as shown in the photos above.
Celebrate by turning out the lights and posting photos of your Earth Hour in the Earth Hour 2010 group.
The above are a selection of photos from the Hello, India! group pool. If you haven’t contributed a photo, it’s not too late to have your photo featured at the events, even if you can’t attend in person. There’s more information in the Hello, India! Group.
Join us in welcoming the National Archives UK as the newest member of the Commons on Flickr. Located in Kew, in the west of London, they are the UK government’s official archive.
Holding over 900 years of history, they bring a smattering of images from parchment to digital media. Churchill? Got him! World War II archives? Got them! Fun on the beach in Barbados? They’ve got it! Jane Austen’s will? Yes!
We hope you’ll tag them with information, comment on them, add the National Archives as a contact and make a few faves. They welcome geotag suggestions, too, which you can do by adding machine tags as follows, if you know the coordinates of where the images were taken:
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