Concharto – An encyclopedic atlas of history and happenings that anyone can edit.
Concharto is an online encyclopedic atlas of history and happenings that anyone can edit. It is a geographic wiki. It looks like Google Maps and works like Wikipedia. It has the all of the illustrative power Google Maps and all of the strengths and weaknesses of Wikipedia.
Unlike virtually all other mapping sites on the internet today, Concharto is not about places – it is about events. Unlike Wikipedia, it is about small discrete bits of information, rather than comprehensive articles. Like Wikipedia, there is a complete history of changes to events.
Concharto is a for-profit organization that is dedicated to creating a lasting freely available atlas of history and happenings. Its organization is patterned off of other commercial organizations that create a public good without being registered as a Not-for-profit company. Some notable examples include: Firefox, CraigsList, WikiHow, Wikia, Wikitravel.
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