July 23, 2010
- Hello Everyone,
My name is Anne Rolfes, and I am new to Crisis Mappers though by this afternoon we hope to have a Gulf Coast Oil Spill Crisis Map set up.
We need help, advice, etc. Tulane students have helped us to get the site up and running, but our tech contact is leaving for Thailand. We would love the benefit of your experience. This is NOT our final address, but to see what we've got, check us out - http://ushahidi.... - Glancing through bios, I noticed that a good chunk of the members here are software and technology folk. I also sadly noticed there aren't a whole lot of humanitarian practitioners in the group, at least on the international side. I’m a responder and I apologize for the less than stellar participation here of folks like me.
Some of us have gotten together to form Humanitarian Accoord--an initiative to develop technology to improve what perhaps may be the most challenging elements of...
July 22, 2010
- Here is an ENVISAT ASAR satellite imagery of the Louisiana Oil Spill.
The image has been acquired today 29 April at 03:53 UTC
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July 21, 2010
- An animation showing edits to the OpenStreetMap.org project during 2008.
OpenStreetMap started in 2004 and the rate of contributions is accelerating with four times as many people contributing to the project in 2008 compared to 2007
This animation was produced by itoworld.com. The music is 'Open Electro' by Vincent Girès.
ITO World provide free online support software for OpenStreetMap and also provide online mapping services to organisations and individuals.
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July 20, 2010
Registration is now open for the 4th annual STAR-TIDES* Fall field demonstration in Washington, DC at the National Defense University (NDU) campus from Tuesday, October 5 to Friday, October 8.
This event will be live all week, so please feel free to visit anytime during normal working hours to interact, see, and discuss the policies, practices, technologies, and organizations that affect Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief, Stabilization and Reconstruction, Building Partnership...
July 16, 2010
- I keep seeing all these articles about the work of Ushahidi in Haiti and crowdsourcing technology in humanitarian emergencies and I can't help but be amazed and inspired. It's clear that the response to humanitarian emergencies have come a long way when a mass of geographically distant people can make a substantial contribution to the effort in a way other than organizing money and goods. Crowdsourcing has effectively reduced the distance between those affected by disasters in a far away land...
July 14, 2010
July 8, 2010
Bryce McNitt
July 8, 2010Social media, or new media if you desire, has only made a significant mainstream splash in the realm of international crises in the past six to twelve months. However, it’s already an accepted technology that shapes the course of major political movements – both government and opposition– violent conflicts, and long-term static conflicts like Armenia and Azerbaijan. In fact, it’s so accepted that in many cases its role can be greatly overstated....
July 5, 2010
- Birthing Clinic in Jacmel #Haiti urgently needs a O- blood transfusion 4 woman who just gave birth. please see Via @coreyrateau (Twitter)
- Birthing Clinic in Jacmel #Haiti urgently needs a O- blood transfusion 4 woman who just gave birth. please see Via @coreyrateau (Twitter)