Archive for the ‘Crisis Mapping’ Category
Book Sprints for Humanitarian Response
Over the past week I’ve been at Google in Mountain View working on a book sprint for OpenStreetMap. I had no idea when the week started that we were going to write a book in a week, nor that it was possible to do that. I also wasn’t familiar with FLOSS Manuals which operates under the premise that not only should software be open and free but the documentation should be as well. After the experience of the week, I believe the humanitarian technology community could benefit from a similar type of book sprint.
October 22, 2011
Tags: book sprint, floss manuals, humanitarian guide, openstreetmap Posted in: Crisis Mapping, OSM 
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Disaster 2.0, Innovation in the Disaster Response Space
Today the United Nations released their report “Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies.” Two members of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team were interviewed for this report, myself and Nicolas Chavent. Also of course many other from friend and partner organizations were interviewed as well.
For anyone interested in open data or new methods of crisis response I recommend you read the whole report. For others, well a seventy-two page report might seem like a bit much so what might be key is the recommendations. Key is the idea that information communities (called V&TC in the report) came together after the earthquake in Haiti to help. Much of this revolved around the sharing and collection of data. The value of this type of activity to make a difference was clearly shown. The real question though is how do you make this happen again? And how can this fit into a framework that makes sense from the perspective of the large organizations as well as the informal communities.
March 28, 2011
Tags: disaster 2.0, openstreetmap Posted in: Crisis Mapping, haiti, hot No Comments
OpenStreetMap in the First Month After the Haiti Quake
Who made most of the contributions to OpenStreetMap in the first month after the earthquake in Haiti? Was it those already participating in OSM or those that signed up specifically to help after the earthquake?
September 6, 2010
Tags: haiti, openstreetmap, OSM Posted in: Crisis Mapping, OSM 12 Comments
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Mission 3 to Haiti – Day 1
Thoughts as I travel to Haiti with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
June 14, 2010
Posted in: Crisis Mapping, OSM 2 Comments