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Kate at Wronging Rights points to an AP report that the Cambodian government has complained to Google about the representation of its border with Thailand in Google Earth, calling it “devoid of truth and reality, and professionally irresponsible, if not pretentious.” Good luck Cambodia. Google still has not responded to my message [...] When I called David Kobia to launch the Ushahidi platform two hours after the earthquake, our priority was to map all relevant reports in near real-time and to do so around the clock. This meant monitoring Tweets, Facebook groups, list serves, emails, online news media, blogs, radio and television programs, and now incoming SMS. That’s [...] Peter Baker reports on the Administration’s decision-making process for the troop surge in Afghanistan in the excellent NY Times article, “How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan.” Nothing settles a disagreement like a good ole fashioned map-off. After a meeting where the Pentagon made a presentation with impressive color-coded maps, Mrs. Clinton [...] I am giving a talk at Duke next week on mapping and health as part of the Information Science Information Studies Tech and New Media series. Tuesday 10/27 at noon in the John Hope Franklin Center. I’ll post the slides here later in the week.
The fate of Migingo Island remains unclear. Who is the rightful owner? Kenya? Uganda? In addition to having evidence on their side, Kenya also has popular support. There are currently 785 “fans” of the Migingo is KENYAN page on Facebook. There is also a Migingo for Kenya group (239 members) and a [...] |
I am an Associate in the Poverty, Gender and Youth Program at the Population Council and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Public Health in the New York University Master's Program in Global Public Health. 
 
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