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SketchMapTool

The Sketch Map Tool is an easy-to-use tool for participatory sketch mapping through offline collection, digitization and georeferencing of local spatial knowledge. The tool has a variety of applications. For example, do you want to work together with people in a community to map their experience and perception of risk in their neighbourhood in a paper-based format, but still be able to quickly analyse the results digitally? Then, the Sketch Map Tool is exactly what you need!

https://ooni.org/ActiveOpen-source

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in increasing transparency of internet censorship around the world. You can run OONI Probe to collect evidence of internet censorship.

2012
free speech

Tracking Local Law 144 bias audits

ACLU's crowd-sourced public tracker of bias audits of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) released by employers related to NYC's Local Law 144.

New York City
2023
labor

ODK Collect

ODK Collect is an open source Android app that replaces paper forms used in survey-based data gathering. It supports a wide range of question and answer types, and is designed to work well without network connectivity.

MeshPoint One

MeshPoint One believes that access to Internet is one of basic human rights. Their mission is to enable Internet access and improve the quality of life for people in disaster struck areas. Also by empowering people in rural communities to take action to build their own village telecoms to address disadvantage, become more sustainable and increase local control. Currently, they are focused on Syrian refugees in Croatia.

European Union (EU)
refugees, migration, immigration

Project Gameface

Project Gameface helps gamers control their mouse cursor using their head movement and facial gestures.

Mountain View, CA, USA

SocietySpeaks.io

Making Disagreement Useful Again

UK
2024
https://ckan.org/ActiveOpen-source

CKAN

The #opensource #opendata platform. Powering http://data.gov.uk, http://data.gov & portals around the world

37 Panton Street, Cambridge, CB2 1 HL, United Kingdom
2006
CKAN

Baserow

Open source no-code database and Airtable alternative