There are a lot of unsolved problem in the world. From as profound as “Where did we come from?” to as trivial as “Where did I come keep leave my keys?”.
One very interesting problem, that I had mentioned in one of my previous posts was the lack of online geographic data on places outside the US and Europe. So can the mass participation of people on the web help tackle this problem?
Today when I got home, Sabah showed me a cool site, Wikimapia – a play on wikipedia and maps. It turns out is a mashup using google maps and the concept of open participation of a Wiki.
I marked all the places I know of pretty quickly (talk about being territorial) and was able to find them because of information put up by other users. Soon I hope every inch of the globe is covered with relevant tags.
One up to human processing power 
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