The browser will open up with a solution map plus route and you will not have to torture yourself with the slow and inefficient browser search methods.

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The app has a map with the numbers of open spaces on different blocks.

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But Several bloggers quickly noticed that the maps bore a striking similarity to OpenStreetMap, an open-source map service with over 400, 000 volunteer contributors worldwide.

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Ushahidi (testimony in Swahili) is an open platform for anyone looking to gather data specifically around human rights crisis situations and visualize it on a map or timeline.

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