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Project Sidewalk's User Interface

UW Today: Project Sidewalk helps users map accessibility around Seattle, other cities - "University of Washington researchers have led the development of Project Sidewalk, an online crowdsourcing game that lets anyone with an internet connection use Google Street View to virtually explore neighborhoods and label curb ramps, missing or rough sidewalks, obstacles and more."

Simon Fraser University: Spexi GeoSpatial takes top prize at SFU's largest entrepreneurship competition - "Spexi GeoSpatial emerged from a slate of promising early-stage SFU entrepreneurs to win SFU’s eighth annual Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize competition, claiming the title of ‘top venture’ and taking home a cash and in-kind prize package worth $35,000." The company uses drones to make geospatial data more accessible.