Crowdsourcing 102: Mining Real-Time Data. Ushahidi, la plate-forme de géolocalisation des évènements critiques. , où chacun peut témoigner de ce qui se passe: catastrophes, scènes de guerre civile, violences. Elle recueille en temps réel les contributions par SMS, twitter ou internet, selon le principe du crowdsourcing . Ushahidi est née de la violence ethnique au Kenya en 2008, provoquée à la suite d’élections truquées. C’est une avocate Ory Okolloh à qui est venue l’idée de créer le concept.
La géolocalisation des évènements de la crise pétrolière L’énorme intérêt d’une plate-forme de géolocalisation en crowdsourcing est. How Mapping, SMS Platforms Saved Lives in Haiti Earthquake. This article was co-authored by Mayur Patel Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the devastating earthquake that shook Haiti last January, killing more than 230,000 people and leaving several million inhabitants of the small island nation homeless.
Though natural disasters are common, the humanitarian response this time was different: New media and communications technologies were used in unprecedented ways to aid the recovery effort. A report released today by Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities, with support from Internews and funding from the Knight Foundation, takes a critical look at the role of communications in the crisis and recommends ways to improve the effectiveness of utilizing media in future disaster relief efforts.
Ushahidi's videos. Erik Hersman on reporting crisis via texting. How to Help with Ushahidi. Ushahidi. SMS Reporting Through Ushahidi. FrontlineSMS. Clickatell Bulk SMS Gateway. Apps.