New Kiva / Google Maps Mashup

gavinblair — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:42:38 +0000

Since 2006, our team has been supporting Kiva, a person-to-person micro-lending website that lets visitors help alleviate poverty by lending directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe. It’s a great use of technology to help people, and it inspired me to create this neat little mashup.

Today we’re rolling out the first release of our Kiva/Google Maps mashup: NeedVision!

Similar to KivaWorld, NeedVision shows loans on a world map – but it’s much more! NeedVision allows you to search for available loans based on keywords and/or sector.

What’s more is that we’ve released the source code, so you can see how the Kiva and Google Maps API’s work, and how easy it is to create mashups like this.

Look forward to search caching and a mobile version in the near future!

Bugs? Comments? Feature requests? Put them in the comments below.

Gavin Blair, Developer
As someone who loves to help others, Gavin is not easily ruffled. Poorly designed software is one of his few pet peeves, and we can count on Gavin to find solutions and make improvements in all kinds of applications. In his own words, he likes to “fight the good fight for quality code.” He loves food and finding adventure in the kitchen, cooking with his wife. On one occasion, the combination of a white-hot skillet and no ventilation led to so much smoke they had to stop, drop and roll – but did end up eating “the best blackened catfish po’boy you can imagine.”

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New Kiva / Google Maps Mashup