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Date Published
Author
Marena Brinkhurst
Word count
771
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

World Central Kitchen, led by Chef Jose Andres, is actively organizing efforts to provide fresh meals to individuals affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through its Chefs for America initiative. The organization has developed a crowd-sourced map featuring meal distribution points across the U.S., including school districts, restaurants, and community kitchens. To facilitate this initiative, Mapbox volunteers assisted in creating a user-friendly mapping tool that updates in real-time using data from a simple Google spreadsheet. This allows for a collaborative approach to tracking and displaying meal availability, enabling other organizations to adopt similar mapping solutions for various purposes.