Ushahidi: An Introduction To Anti-Corruption Mapping

This blog post is the first of a blog series on anti-corruption and transparency mapping by Ushahidi’s Heather Leson. The series will discuss best practices and feature some of the strategies to connect policy and action with online savvy. Ushahidi’s community strategy is aimed to connect topical mappers to build and learn together. Resources and Research will live on the Wiki pages dedicated to Anti-Corruption and Transparency.

Ushahidians have been mapping corruption as either a category or their whole map mission since we launched. Online reporting via crisis maps of various shades and creeds are well known. Mapping anti-corruption and transparency actions is really a long-tail project. These slow burn projects take tremendous amounts of time and outreach to sustain. We’ve recognized a number of these as Deployments of the Week and included featured blog posts.