Maps - a set on Flickr

This set documents I-Open network and community building activity from 2003 to 2009 aided by the generous contributions of hundreds of civic entrepreneurs, many of whom reside in Northeast Ohio.

Data driven social network maps strengthen transparency by indicating where and with whom an entrepreneur can connect to access information or resources.

Many of the maps shown here are "experience maps" - non-data driven visualizations that document known flows of information or cycles of community maturation.

Maps such as these may mirror unrealized areas of research, data collection, and discovery in sociality, collaboration and enterprise development.

You can learn more about practices and tools in Open Source Economic Development at I-Open here and here.

Copyright 2010 Betsey Merkel www.betseymerkel.extendr.com/ and I-Open. Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works. Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open) 4415 Euclid Ave 3rd Fl Cleveland, Ohio 44103 USA