In the most recent Technology Quarterly from The Economist, 5 of NetSquared's previous Featured Projects are featured for their innovative application of mapping tools for social benefit work.

NetSquared recently followed up with the N2Y3 Featured Projects to develop these short case studies, with the goal to expand the knowledgebase of best practices for applying social media in the nonprofit context. We interviewed participants from the N2Y3 Featured Project teams to gain a better understanding of the way they used social media to increase their reach and carry out their missions. We are very happy to bring you their stories!

Today's spotlight: Your Mapper!

I talk to Wendy Brawer and Thomas Turnbull about the origins of Green Map System (greenmap.org) and what they to accomplish when they launch the Open Green Map (opengreenmap.org) in the coming months.

I'm at this morning's ilovemountains talk, which I've awaited ever since blogging about it as a brilliant online campaign. They just released a new map feature showing where and how their online campaign has spread.

Interesting Tidbits:

• Willie Nelson agreed to give them rights to use "Blowin in the Wind" after they passed a request to his bodyguard.
• They've superimposed the Transamerica building and the Golden Gate Bridge next to some of the removed mountaintops to show the scale of devastation.

I thought that some of you might like to know what I did to get the word out about voting for the Your Mapper project. Here are some details, focusing on Twitter.

Last week, WiserEarth, a N2Y2 Featured Project, posted on their blog that they will be rolling out a new feature:

Hi, everyone; my name is JC, and this is my first community blog post. I’m one of the authors of the HungerMaps proposal. I’m also a GIS enthusiast, so I wanted to bring your attention to the great GIS projects that have been submitted to this contest.