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NRGI & Cadasta: Mapping Resource Contracts

UncategorizedOct 5, 201547Views0Likes0Comments
Frank Pichel, CPO & Robert Banick, Consultant Cadasta Foundation and NRGI collaboratively reviewed a subset of annotated contracts from ResourceCountracts.org to identify the range of possibilities in spatial definition of agreements, to extract & map concession areas, and to define processes for automating the mapping of extractive contracts when possible. Consultancy recommendations are presented in this report…

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XOXO: Technology and Values

UncategorizedSep 25, 201549Views0Likes0Comments
Kate Chapman, CTO Earlier this month I had the opportunity to attend XOXO, a festival and conference celebrating independent film, art, and technology in Portland, OR. It was an amazing opportunity to hear people I’ve admired from afar speak in person such as Zoe Quinn, Kirby Ferguson (Everything is a Remix), and Alex Blumberg (Startup Podcast and Gimlet…

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The Sustainable Development Goals: Land Tenure & Measurable Outcomes

UncategorizedSep 24, 201547Views0Likes0Comments
Frank Pichel, CPO For years, governments, civil society, and multi-lateral organizations have worked to build consensus regarding what sustainable development means and how it can be measured, in preparation for establishing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  The 17 goals and 169 targets outlined in the SDGs are intended to set the agenda for international development over…

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New Additions to the Development Team

UncategorizedSep 10, 201585Views0Likes0Comments
Kate Chapman, CTO Cadasta keeps growing, and we couldn’t be happier. Two new additions to the software development team are joining us to help build out the platform as we approach our first version release. We’re honored to welcome Chandra Lash and Ian Ross to the team!

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Cadasta’s Teambuilding Retreat

UncategorizedSep 3, 201554Views0Likes0Comments
Lindsay Oliver, Communications Specialist In early August, the Cadasta team gathered in Portland to collaborate on larger projects and celebrate the milestones we’ve achieved in the six months since the launch of the organization. It was exciting to have everyone together for the first time, and to get to know my team not just as…

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Our New Community Engagement Director

UncategorizedAug 19, 201560Views0Likes0Comments
Noel Taylor, CEO & President We are excited to announce that we have found our Community Engagement Director, and it’s Thea Aldrich!

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Cadasta & Spatial Dev Partnership

UncategorizedAug 5, 201561Views0Likes0Comments
Lindsay Oliver, Communications Specialist We are pleased to announce that Cadasta and Spatial Dev are joining forces to build out our technological platform for documenting and asserting land rights. Spatial Dev builds user-centric software tools focused on leveraging meaningful data. Their team will be building the initial release of the Cadasta platform as we build out our engineering…

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How a Map Can Change the World

UncategorizedJul 30, 201561Views0Likes0Comments
Tina Arreaza, Associate, Investments | Property Rights, Omidyar Network This article, How a Map Can Change the World: State of the Map 2015 Conference Emphasizes the Role of Geospatial Data for Property Rights, first appeared on Omidyar Network. It is reposted here with permission.

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Drones and Aerial Observation: A Primer (And a Review)

UncategorizedJul 22, 201547Views0Likes0Comments
Kate Chapman, CTO Imagery can serve as an important starting point in delineating land claims. There are multiple options for obtaining imagery, including existing free imagery (typically from governments), purchase of commercial imagery from satellite providers, aerial collection by aircraft, and use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones).  As part of Cadasta’s overall technology…

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Block Chain for Land Administration

UncategorizedJun 18, 201552Views0Likes0Comments
Frank Pichel, CPO Over the past year, Bitcoin has come to the public’s attention as an alternate, or cryptocurrency, due largely to significant swings in value and its linkage to sites like Silk Road, the black market of the internet . While the focus on Bitcoin has been mostly on its potential impact to the…

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