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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">Maps 2.0, Google Earth, and GPS: What's New, What Works</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2008-09-04T17:00:00" datetime="2008-09-04T17:00:00">Thursday, September 4, 2008 from 5</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2008-09-04T22:00:00" datetime="2008-09-04T22:00:00">10pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202390038'><span class='fn org p-name'>Lucky Labrador Beer Hall</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">1945 NW Quimby</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">OR</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97209</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1945%20NW%20Quimby,%20Portland%20OR%2097209%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>HumaniNet will present a status report on our Maps 2.0 initiative, which is exploring ready-to-use Web-based mapping tools for humanitarian and nonprofit organizations.</p> <p>Dylan Myers, a digital mapping specialist at Google Maps, will also be there to answer your questions on the ever-expanding toolkit of Google Maps and Google Earth. Dylan was a key member of a Mercy Corps team that conducted a GIS (geospatial information systems) project in Indonesia following the 2004 tsunami.</p> <p>Conversation ad networking begin at 5 p.m. At 6 p.m., Gregg Swanson and Matt Blair of HumaniNet will briefly discuss the initial findings of the research, which is based on interviews with aid and relief managers in Afghanistan, Sudan, Singapore, London, and – not least - Portland.</p> <p>Among the topics: some notes from Matt on emerging Web 2.0 social mapping services, including the promise and pitfalls of 'crowd-sourced' geospatial data.</p> <p>Following Q&A, you can meet Dylan, see demos, exchange ideas, practiceyour “geo-geek speak,” and learn more about what online maps can do for your project or organization.</p> <p>The 501 Tech Club event is co-sponsored by NTEN.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="http://www.humaninet.org/events_googleandgps.htm">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>