April 26th, 2011 Download our CC licensed map kit. We gathered
basic data that helped us understand the scale of the event.
Japan is a very distant land, which basic scale, geography,
geology etc is very poorly understood abroad. In the incessant
news coverage of the first weeks after March 11′s earthquake,
we’ve seen small details blown to huge proportions and issues
being misrepresented, due in part to geological unfamiliarity.
Also, it is very difficult for anyone outside major news
organizations to access basic map data and tools. This project
came to life after Tomomi bemoaned a decided lack of resources
for maps during a frantic period of writing and coordinating
coverage for the citizen media project Global Voices. Rather
than offer our version of a map or inforgraphic, we created a
visual tool in the hopes that you’ll take it one step further
and use it to empower your message about Japan. » Download the
kit (1.6 MB) If you use, reuse, mix, remix, build upon, share
this kit, please send us links to yo