Map.occupy.net Face Lift
One of our powerful – yet under utilized – tools is #OccupyMap. This Ushahidi based platform allows anyone in the world to submit time and space based events on a crowd sourced map in a variety of ways, including via Twitter using the #occupymap hash tag. I’ve taken on the task of giving our product a little face lift.
Starting with the theme “Unicorn” by Caleb Bell I hacked out the main page to be full screen and set the navigation menus to flow across the top. I also added the occupy.net global nav.
A little feedback on the nav bar:
Top level nav:
* occupy.net (this is home)
* News Wire = News
* Wiki
* Map
* Notes
* Alphas (maybe the term “Incubating”)
Here some ideas:
* Combine dark grey and light grey nav bars in ushahidi and replace home with #occupymap
* Add a drop down menu somewhere for “locations” or “cities” or “occupations” where New York is listed, along with additional sites and maybe “add an occupation”
* And/or instead of “occupy map is global blah blah blah” how about a button that says “request a map for your occupation” or something.
Hey guys,
A group of us in Vancouver, Canada are looking to start a mapping project. We want to create a global repository to place data about corporate headquarters, branch offices, activities and real estate holdings.
Think of it like an OSM for Occupy.
The goal is to create a clear and accurate picture of what corporations own, where they operate and what they do.
How do you feel about making this a part of Occupy.net?