Google maps has an interesting new open source job called the "Google Business Referral Representative."
Here's the job description:
As a Google Business Referral Representative, you'll visit local businesses to collect information (such as hours of operation, types of payment accepted, etc.) for Google Maps, and tell them about Google Maps and Google AdWords. You'll also take a few digital photos of the business that will appear on the Google Maps listing along with the business information. After the visit, you submit the business' info and photo(s) to Google through your Local Business Referrals Center, and we'll pay you up to $10 for each listing that is approved by Google and verified by the business.The business process described above need not only apply to domestic US online yellow pages. With the appropriate platform architecture (data layers on global maps is only a start) and business savvy, this type of program could be applied to a wide range of open source global news/intel gathering. Totally blue sky, but unlike most "wisdom of crowds" systems we see today, this one could actually build a useful database.