Snowmageddon in the Northeast - Mapping the Cleanup

The recent Northwest US snowstorms are now being called Snowmageddon.

People all over the area stuck inside, vehicles stuck in plowed snow, and many simply unable to shovel the massive snow on their walks. There are also plenty of people who have the requisite shovels and muscles and are ready to make a buck or just help out.

One enterprising mapper realized that it's a spatial problem - How to bring the "projects" and the "solutions" together. Enter Snowmageddon - The Cleanup. This Web site was built to be a simple tool that allows people to easily enter in locations of where help is needed, and where help is offered, and allow neighbor to help neighbor.

The website was built using Ushahidi, a powerful open source platform used to report incidents in crisis situations.