More Information About CROWDMAP-Ushahidi and DC
<p>CROWDMAP and it's parent program <a title="Ushahidi Main Page" href="http://www.ushahidi.com/" target="_blank">Ushahidi</a> have othe deployments in DC. During the DC Snowstorms (also commonly known as SNOWMAGEDDON, Ushahidi was deployed as a citizen reporting service for helping DC residents coordinate digging out and reporting on areas where excessive snow still existed and needed removal.</p>
<p>See the results here: <a title="Snowmageddon Cleanup Website" href="http://www.snowmageddoncleanup.com/main" target="_blank">http://www.snowmageddoncleanup.com/main#</a></p>
<p>CROWDMAP in its current for was also recently deployed by TBD (<a title="About TBD" href="http://www.tbd.com/about/" target="_blank">TBD</a> is a TV station and website that delivers local news and community information from the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. region.) to report on Washington, DC Metro (<a title="Washington, DC Metro Home" href="http://www.wmata.com/" target="_blank">WMATA</a>) problems, of which there are many.</p>
<p>See the article here: <a title="Map your Metro problems with TBD" href="http://www.tbd.com/articles/2010/08/map-your-metro-complaints-with-tbd-4328.html" target="_blank">http://www.tbd.com/articles/2010/08/map-your-metro-complaints-with-tbd-4328.html</a></p>
<p>View the CROWDMAP and report on Metro Problems Here:</p>
<p><a title="Help TBD map WMATA problems" href="http://tbddc.crowdmap.com/main" target="_blank">http://tbddc.crowdmap.com/main</a></p>
<p>Report by:</p>
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<li>By sending an email to <a href="mailto:tbdtips@gmail.com">tbdtips@gmail.com</a></li>
<li>By sending a tweet with the hashtag/s <strong>#tbdwmata</strong></li>
<li>Or by going to<strong>: <a title="Report" href="http://tbddc.crowdmap.com/reports/submit/" target="_blank">http://tbddc.crowdmap.com/reports/submit/</a><br /></strong></li>
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<div>Finally, report on Lines at your nearby Apple Store or other retailer when new products are launched:</div>
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<div><a title="Apple Lines" href="http://applelines.crowdmap.com/" target="_blank">http://applelines.crowdmap.com/</a></div>
<div>Tweet Hashtag: #applelines</div>