Company: Rhiza Labs
Industry: Local Government, Environmental, Public Health, Non-profit Organizations, Federal Government, Forestry / Land Management, Journalism / Publishing, Restaurants / Entertainment, Demographic Data, Geographic Data, Database, GIS Software Products, State Government, Land Information/Land Use, Internet/Web Mapping/Web Services, Natural Resources, Tourism, Urban and Regional Planning, Internet Portals
Location: Burlingame, (Where 2.0), CA, United States of America

Rhiza Labs launches Community Insight, a web-based platform for mapping and analyzing multiple datasets that are shared by users with a common interest. Rated as one of the best of the dozen apps previewed on May 12th at Where 2.0, CNET’s Rafe Needleman called it “ a very useful tool for any organization trying to make sense of its map-based data.”

Community Insight users range from organizations creating websites for the conservation science field to policymakers using Community Insight to better understand where social service needs and resources intersect.

All Community Insight websites can share data across organizational boundaries if they choose, helping create an “Information Commons” of community data that grows every time new data is added to any Community Insight website.

“Our online tools make it easy for people to quickly create rich maps and charts they can share with others through RSS, Google Earth, blogs and more”, comments Josh Knauer, CEO of Rhiza Labs.

Community Insight was designed after extensive interviews with scientists, advocates, policymakers and planners to understand how online GIS tools could help them collaborate more effectively across disciplines. As a result, Community Insight was architected to address issues of trust, data provenance and accuracy and usability, key factors that ensure high levels of participation in a collaborative data-sharing initiatives.

About Rhiza Labs: Helping Communities Connect, Share and Understand

Rhiza Labs creates software that helps non-profits and government agencies share information, understand community needs, track community and environmental assets and collaborate around shared collections of data. Leveraging the power of the Information Commons, Rhiza Labs builds award-winning open systems that make it easy to share data community-wide.

For more information contact Josh Knauer, CEO Rhiza Labs by phone (412) 488-2900 or email knauer at rhizalabs dot com.

Maryl Widdows (widdows@rhizalabs.com)
Phone: (412) 488-2900