You are growing, growing, growing. But alas, you have 80 plums, and no lettuce. What do you do? Well, you can set them outside of your apartment and hope they magically get traded[...]
I’m very excited about this week’s set of iPhone apps. With a tip of the hat to the Fab Five freshmen from the Michigan Wolverines back in the 90′s, I give you: the Fab Four free i[...]
On Thursday I discussed the loading of the data from the spreadsheet into a map. While the map is free, it is obviously limited. There are not nearly as many options for displaying[...]
Yesterday, I discussed the method for us to access our Google Doc data. Today I am going to speak of what we call the “presentation layer.” This layer is the actual webpage that vi[...]
In yesterday’s installment, I spoke of how we decided to store our data, what freeing the data means for us and for others, and how we found a simpler data solution that worked for[...]
Yesterday, in part 1, I outlined how quickly the world of technology is changing. John set the bar by accessing open source code from Google and said: “Look, the map is up. Now wha[...]
In this five part series, Bob Wall breaks down how created the interactive mapping system for the food sovereignty, urban agriculture zoning, and food policy council maps. In part [...]
Have you ever wanted to scavenge for your own edibles? Maybe you passed a neighbors apple tree and saw rotting fruit on the floor or were in a neighborhood park and wondered if any[...]
Please meet our newest contributor Bob Wall. Bob recently launched iTools: Urban Ag Technology, a weekly column on Grown In The City, that focuses on the intersection of urban agri[...]