Ushahidi is a non-profit software development organization. It develops open source (GNU Lesser General Public License) mapping applications for information gathering and visualization. During the Kenyan crisis (2007-2008), a lawyer's blog began to gather a lot of information about the post-election violence in Kenya in order to avoid press restrictions and to make it known, but it became difficult to manage, so two programmers created a website that displays information on Google Maps via email or text message in 72 hours. Two programmers created a website that displays information on Google Maps via email or text message in 72 hours.
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