weMap: A Non-Profit Mapping Collaborative

weMap: a Non-Profit Mapping Collaborative is a network of non-profit agencies engaged in sharing organizational databases and online maps highlighting community-based services (both non- and -for-profit included).

The Collaborative will facilitate the sharing of online directories and maps across a number of web sites and use a community-driven approach to share content from a variety of stakeholders across Ontario. Partnering members will share databases of organizational directories to be mapped online. A participating agency can post their own information, which will automatically be made available to the entire network. The Collaborative is committed to providing access to timely, accurate, authoritative and comprehensive community service information.

The weMap project seeks to provide useful community service information in an easy to use mapping format that is locally relevant throughout Ontario. Our goals include:

• Providing users with a one-stop-shop solution by amalgamating both privately and publicly available data from various online sources into a centralized database of services and organizations of interest to newcomers to Ontario’s neighbourhoods
• Providing users with an interactive visual representation of desired services mapped to a specified area
• Fostering effective collaborative data partnerships
• Creating an open source, creative commons solution that can be shared throughout the non-profit community