Google Earth
New Ways to “Map” Community Struggles
Posted by brendan on Mar 4, 2009 in CRIB Notes, Google Earth, New Online Strategies, New Tools, Tips and Tutorials, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube | Comments Off
In 2008, Tunisian human rights activists discovered that their campaign videos were being blocked on Youtube and other video sharing sites by the Ben Ali regime. So they switched tactics and came up with an innovative new way to “map” government abuse. They used an emerging technique called “Geo-bombing” that allows users to “geotag” video inside of...
Read MoreUsing Google Maps and Crowd-Sourcing to Expose Slander and Lies
Posted by brendan on Nov 4, 2008 in CRIB Notes, Crowd-Sourcing, Google Earth, Mobile Phones, New Online Strategies, New Tools, Polls, Web 2.0 | Comments Off
How can we expose and rebut racist, “Swiftboating” or or other under-the-radar political attacks during campaigns? Robocalls, for example, have long been used by political operatives to anonymously slander opponents and spread outright lies. This election season, activists have been using the latest technology to push back. Campaigns like the National Political Do Not Call...
Read MoreUsing Google Earth and YouTube to Tell Your Story
Posted by brendan on Oct 2, 2008 in CRIB Notes, Google Earth, New Tools, Video, YouTube | Comments Off
I Love Mountains, a campaign by REVERB hub Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and Appalachian Voices, is using Google Earth and YouTube to vividly show the environmental degradation caused by mountaintop mining. Top of their webpage has a link “What’s My Connection to Mountaintop Removal” that allows users to type in their zip code and pull up a Google map of all the power plants...
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