[OLPC_Boston] Try new olpcMAP Magic Search - Contest Begun!

[Holt]

The 20-question OLPC/Sugar Deployment Map Trivia Contest has now begun!  
Partial answers get full points (and prizes) if creative -- but you have 
less than 48hrs:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP/Trivia_Contest

TUE 5PM - Peru ICT4D Short Film Premier, please join the filmmaker 
herself, Audubon Dougherty, followed by Q+A+Dinner!  Preview: 
http://vimeo.com/12642469

WED 7PM - See how Deployment Aware You *Really* Are -- and what you won??
                       Feature Presentation: olpcMAP's survey results 
analysis + 10 takeaways -- by volunteerism researcher Marina Zdobnova.

UNTIL THEN...Get Searchy Below.  Let us know in person Tues & Wed all 
day how http://olpcMAP.net works for you today, at our Map Sprint itself 
in Kendall Sq (*1 Cambridge Ctr right by Kendall Sq Red Line subway 
stop*, see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP#Schedule), or hang out 
online at http://forum.laptop.org/chat to Help Everyone Map!


On 12/27/2010 7:17 PM, Nicholas Doiron wrote:
> Today, we've added a new Search to http://www.olpcMAP.net which works just
> like magic!   It's inspired by the plain but informative search at
> OpenStreetMap.
>
> In the top-center of your map, enter your query to search our database of
> people, groups, and deployments.  At the same time, you'll also be
> searching Google Maps and social bookmarks at olpcMAP.net   The map will
> send you to the top result, and list other possible matches on the left.
>
> Quick Walkthrough:
> * Search for a person: Holt ->  map centers on Adam Holt's marker
> * Search for a group: Waveplace ->  map shows their schools from Cambridge
> to the Caribbean - individual points appear in search
> * Search for a place: Boston ->  sends you to Boston on Google Maps, lists
> several people
> * Google Maps helps : various spellings and phrasings for a place (such as
> Ayiti) are caught by Google Maps so you'll see the place you meant
>
> Hope to see many of you tomorrow!
>
> Regards,
> Nick Doiron
>
> -- 
> Help kids everywhere map their world, athttp://olpcMAP.net  !
>
> Or change your options / unsubscribe here:
> http://groups.google.com/group/olpcMAPmakers
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