Ushahidi an open-source disaster mapping technology developed in Kenya and used in Haiti after the earthquake, tracked the unrest in Oakland after the verdict in the Oscar Grant killing trial. The software, along with dozens of eye-witnesses tweeting from downtown, consistently outperformed official reports and the news media. Min Lee is a senior producer at YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia.
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Mapping Tech, Twitter Tracked Oakland Unrest—Scooping Gov. Alerts and Media
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