In early February we shared our initial release of the Cadasta Platform, developed by our contractor, SpatialDev. The main function of the initial release was to allow for some testing of functionality and  to provide partners and other interested parties something they could react to and provide feedback on. During that time we have gotten…

A key priority for Cadasta Foundation following our launch in early 2015 was to identify long term organizational partners that have a track record of delivering impactful work with beneficiaries in strengthening their land and resource rights. In addition to being aligned to our overall mission, this real world experience really underpins our user-centric design…

Outreachy is a program dedicated to getting underrepresented members of the tech community involved in open source software through paid internships with partner companies. Much to my excitement (and surprise) I was accepted as Cadasta’s Outreachy intern for the winter 2015-2016 session. I had been teaching myself to code for less than a year…

Early this year, Cadasta Foundation and Open Knowledge announced a joint-initiative to explore open land data. Through sponsoring a fellowship, Cadasta and Open Knowledge aim to build consensus on the definition of open data in land for the Global Open Data Index , identify key land datasets, and expand the network of…

Written by:  Lindsay Jacks  For the past three months, I've been working with Cadasta and Stamen on the atlas creation pages of the Field Papers map annotation tool. The end result is now live on the Field Papers website. We took the four step “wizard” process for creating an atlas, combined it all into a…

What we ask at Cadasta and what we hope you ask when choosing Cadasta In 1999 when I was attending university I found out about open-source software, specifically Mandrake Linux, and I decided to switch from using Windows to only using Linux. It was a beautiful relationship up until my Wifi drivers wouldn’t work I(I vaguely…

As the global population grows and urbanization increases, the number of people in need of housing is increasing faster than ever before. Cadasta Foundation is excited to support Habitat for Humanity International in launching Solid Ground, a three-year global advocacy campaign focused on promoting policies and systems to advance access to land for shelter. Habitat’s…

Over the last year as the team at Cadasta worked on the initial design, and subsequent development of the Cadasta Platform for documenting property rights, a critical consideration for us was ensuring flexibility in how data was collected for posting to the Platform.  Recognizing that we would not be able to integrate with every data…

The application of technology to development challenges is not a new phenomenon, however as technology becomes faster, cheaper and more accessible, there is an ever increasing potential to utilize technology in addressing challenges that have plagued development for years.  The land sector is no exception, with various recent advancements offering the opportunity to utilize game…

For Immediate Release January 21, 2016 Cadasta Foundation to democratize land and resource rights in partnership with UK aid from the UK government Cadasta Foundation is delighted to announce the signing of a three year, £ 2 million grant agreement with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to…