Background

Today the crowd can map everything from real estate listings to local crime statistics by taking the work of professional cartographers and overlaying topic-specifc information offered up by the masses.

Our very own David Cohn has repeatedly wondered what kinds of networked investigations can be done using mash-ups. Let's take him to task.

This reporting topic was in part inspired by Ruslan Kulski's comments found here.


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Ask a Question, the Crowd has an Answer
CrowdFunding
James Surowiecki, Author of 'The Wisdom of Crowds'
Citizendium
Yochai Benkler, Coined 'Peer Production'
Crowdsourced Magazines
Crowdsourcing Photos
Collaborative and Crowdsourced Design
Crowdsourcing Predictions
Crowdsourced Intelligence
Peer to Patent Project
Collaborative Visual Arts
Social News Sites: The Crowd Is the Editor
Crowdsourced Traffic and Transit
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TopicsPosted byPostsLast post
A9 Fails John C Abell0Apr 16 2007 - 5:52pm
Google My Maps: the 800-pound gorrilla returns John C Abell0Apr 13 2007 - 10:06am
Discussing Look into Neogeography. David Cohn1Mar 27 2007 - 2:40pm

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