Comments on: Kiva Micro-Lending Offers API

By: The First Kiva Mashups for Microfinance

The First Kiva Mashups for Microfinance — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:30:18 +0000

[...] Erich Morisse is working on a Kiva mashup that diagrams relationships between Kiva lenders and [...]

By: Kiva - Person to Person Lending (now API) | WebServiceable

Kiva - Person to Person Lending (now API) | WebServiceable — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:36:44 +0000

[...] Kiva Visualization using API (Kiva Network map) [...]

By: 27 months » Kiva and the Case For Nonprofit Open APIs

27 months » Kiva and the Case For Nonprofit Open APIs — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:34:04 +0000

[...] How We Know Us – Erich has done a fascinating data visualization of the Kiva loan network which appears to explore the linkages between lenders and borrowers. Like the previous two, this is an early effort but it already shows a lot of promise. It doesn’t require too much imagination to see something like this evolve into an interactive Flash-based tool for exploring interconnected data, alá Digg Labs. [...]

By: Kiva: Making a difference with a new API | Guilda Blog

Kiva: Making a difference with a new API | Guilda Blog — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:13:39 +0000

[...] chap has already started to map out lenders and loans: I have just started poking at the data available, as I suspect network analysis will be able to [...]

By: erich

erich — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:17:56 +0000

I have put up a complete network map here, hope you like it!

By: erich

erich — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:29:47 +0000

@Ash Thanks! I have been really happy with the API so far. What I would like to see from Kiva next is a more detailed description of what all of the elements mean from a data description point of view. For example: if Alice and Bob both loan to Charlie as part of the same request. Do Alice and Bob have the same loan id? And, are the names of the recipients unique? Or, is there another identifier I should be looking to?

By: Ash

Ash — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:18:46 +0000

Hi there. what is your experience with the API. Good job on the graph

By: Ajax Girl » Blog Archive » Kiva: Making a difference with a new API

Ajax Girl » Blog Archive » Kiva: Making a difference with a new API — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:08:25 +0000

[...] chap has already started to map out lenders and loans: I have just started poking at the data available, as I suspect network analysis will be able to [...]

By: Ajaxian » Kiva: Making a difference with a new API

Ajaxian » Kiva: Making a difference with a new API — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:05:50 +0000

[...] chap has already started to map out lenders and loans: I have just started poking at the data available, as I suspect network analysis will be able to [...]

By: erich

erich — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:36:44 +0000

What you see in the post is the relationship between the recent loans (b*) and the partners extending the loans (l*). Here's a link to the image that's large enough to be legible. That was the fun test, am now building a map of relationships between the recipients and the partners. Stay tuned!