Crisis Mapping
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We would like to offer our deepest sympathies to all of those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Although the destruction of entire towns over an area stretching for 500 kilometers to the north and south is of an almost unimaginable scale, we believe that this immense devastation can be overcome and we hope that during the process of rebuilding the disaster-affected region, we can also discover a path for the future of Japan and the world.
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Introduction by the translator: The following is an unofficial English translation of the original article in Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun a Japanese newspaper about industrial matters. The Nikkei group also publishes the Nihon Kezai Shimbun which is the major financial newspaper of Japan.
Yes, it’s sad that I’m blogging a talk three days late. But these were really good presentations, and I wanted to get a record of what Joi and Mohamed both said.
…My heart’s in Accra » Mohamed Nanabhay and Joi Ito at Center for Civic Media
Citizen science, civic media and radiation data hint at what's to come - O'Reilly Radar
Natural disasters and wars bring people together in unanticipated ways, as they use the tools and technologies easily at hand to help.
Ushahidi :: Home
Treehugger Snowmageddon is a website set up to help people dig out of the blizzard in New York.
Libya Crisis Map
The LibyaCrisisMap platform was activated by the request of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to the Standby Task Force (SBTF).
There has been a surge of enthusiasm and activity around crisis mapping recently, thanks to rapidly expanding access to mobile devices and social media, as well as to some high profile success stories. Crisis maps were used in Haiti, Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt, Kenya, and elsewhere, providing real-time information for everything from disaster relief to political violence and election monitoring. But, as the field matures, how do we turn this information into insight that engages and empowers local communities in conflict prevention and peacebuilding?
From Crisis to Community: Mapping as a Peacebuilding Tool | United States Institute of Peace
A new online application from geospatial mapping giant ESRI applies trend analysis to help responders to Australia's recent floods create relevance and context from social media reporting. A screenshot of the Australian flood trends map is embedded below: This web app shows how crowdsourced social intelligence provided by Ushahidi enables emergency social data to be integrated into crisis response in a meaningful way.
Social data and geospatial mapping join the crisis response toolset - O'Reilly Radar
If all you have is a Hammer, How Useful is Humanitarian Crowdsourcing? - Crowdsourcing.org
Summary Paul Currion performs a detailed deconstruction of crowdsourcing for development, using Ushahidi as an example to make his points.Haiti
The website can be accessed and navigated in german or english. Only the information related to the specific location remains in english for the time being. Frank and Constantin will participate at the ICCM 2011 in Geneva (14-15 November) to get in touch with the crisis mappers community.