Accepted Ignite Talk Proposals

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Turner on August 18, 2009 at 1:36pm

Name: Andrew Turner
Title: Crisis Mapping Analytics and Data Sharing in a 3-lb Box
Description:
Mapping tools have notoriously bad interaction experiences, and require training or expertise to properly utilize. In addition, during a crisis there isn't time to deal with complex work flows or unique formats. By employing best practices in data standards, interaction design, and resilient architecture, it is possible to deploy Web-applications to the field that provide easy to use interfaces with powerful analytics. This talk will discuss GeoCommons, a public mapping platform that has been deployed to offline environments such as Afghanistan for election monitoring. In addition, I'll discuss how it's a model for integrating various geospatial components such as mobile devices, sensors, and even paper.

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Permalink Reply by Mikel Maron on August 18, 2009 at 4:18pm

Mikel Maron
Open Works: A Report from the Camp Roberts exercises
OpenStreetMap, Google, Sahana, Development Seed, Geocommons, and others participated in the Camp Roberts exercise this August. With a policy of Open- standards, source, data, and policy, we quickly integrated systems and shared data. Just a couple years ago this was all just back of the napkin drawings. These mapping systems are now more prepared for deployment in real emergencies, and are being installed at the Taj in Jallabad (Beer for Data!).

http://brainoff.com/weblog/2009/08/10/1452

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Permalink Reply by Jeffrey Warren on August 19, 2009 at 12:06pm

Cartagen and GSS:

Cartagen is a set of tools for mapping, enabling users to view and configure live streams of geographic data in dynamic ways. These tools helps users to analyze and view collected and shared geographic and temporal data from multiple sources. Applications include mapping real-time air pollution, citizen reporting, and disaster response.


Cartagen Reporter: a low-cost toolkit for realtime reporting and geolocation without a GPS

The reporting branch of the Cartagen project focuses on using existing low-cost cellphones to organize realtime reporting networks without an internet connection or a GPS. With a focus on volunteer reporting and low network robustness, Cartagen Reporter has deployed prototype systems that supply realtime field reports to a dynamic map, as well as SMS-based locational searching for those without a computer or internet connection.

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Permalink Reply by Vicky Carreras Lloveras on August 20, 2009 at 4:48am

Name: Vicky Carreras

PEACE PORTAL

We are working on a Peace Portal which aims to be a main source and opportunity to share and integrate information leading to action aimed at preventing conflicts and building peace. The Portal will prioritize the voice from civil society actors. The information on the Portal will be categorized, aggregated, verified and qualified in an open platform belonging to all participating organizations. The Portal will support communication and collaboration within and across organizations and individuals.

Jeffrey Warren said:

Cartagen and GSS:

Cartagen is a set of tools for mapping, enabling users to view and configure live streams of geographic data in dynamic ways. These tools helps users to analyze and view collected and shared geographic and temporal data from multiple sources. Applications include mapping real-time air pollution, citizen reporting, and disaster response.


Cartagen Reporter: a low-cost toolkit for realtime reporting and geolocation without a GPS

The reporting branch of the Cartagen project focuses on using existing low-cost cellphones to organize realtime reporting networks without an internet connection or a GPS. With a focus on volunteer reporting and low network robustness, Cartagen Reporter has deployed prototype systems that supply realtime field reports to a dynamic map, as well as SMS-based locational searching for those without a computer or internet connection.

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Permalink Reply by Martin Kulldorff on August 20, 2009 at 9:39am

Name: Martin Kulldorff
Title: SaTScan: Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Scan Statistics
Description: The spatial scan statistic (www.satscan.org) is an analytical mapping tool that has successfully been used for the detection and statistical inference of geographical clusters in epidemiology, crime mapping and other fields. The prospective space-time scan statistic has been used for the early detection of disease outbreaks. In this talk, I present a few such examples, and raise the question of whether and how these statistical methods could be used for crisis mapping, management and response.

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Permalink Reply by Einar Bjorgo on August 24, 2009 at 6:15am

Name: Einar Bjorgo
Title: CrisisSat - the UNs use of satellite imagery during crises

The presentation focus on how satellite imagery has now become a key element for UN decision-making in humanitarian emergencies as well as for human rights assesssments. During conflict situations, the information extracted from satellite imagery is often the only objective information one can have over a specific area of interest due to security concerns. For natural disasters, imagery can quickly provide information on the magitute of a disaster covering a large zone. With imagery more and more available, and not only to the UN, the question arises as to how countries, international organizations, NGOs, media and others will manage this information source.

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Permalink Reply by Jerri Husch on August 26, 2009 at 10:11am

Jerri A. Husch, PhD

"Thematic Analysis, Visual Tools and Monitoring Complexity: Constructing the MDG Monitor"

The pilot Millenium Development Goals(MDG’s) Monitor uses complex systems theory, mixed methods research models and new visual analytic tools to show the links between multiple actors, diverse data sets and the cross-cultural contexts that affect achievement of the MDG’s. To manage the volume of data and information available to monitor the MDG's, a social system taxonomy was developed to provide the code and index needed to build an interactive, visual platform capable of visually presenting the social network and geo-spatial maps to show hidden linkages and relationships between data sets.

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Permalink Reply by John Sulik on August 26, 2009 at 10:47am

Name: John Sulik
Title: Crisis Mapping Analysis (CMA) of the Darfur Conflict
Description:
Access to grazing land and water sources has been a contentious issue in the Darfur conflict. Fortunately, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can store and manipulate geo-referenced information that details the location of water resources, land cover types, and conflict event locations. This talk will show how GIS and statistical techniques can be used to generate data to analyze the relationships between different environmental factors and the occurrence/non-occurrence of violence. This CMA incorporates free data made available by the HIU, UNOCHA, and the FAO.

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Permalink Reply by Lars Bromley on August 26, 2009 at 11:01am

Name: Lars Bromley
Title: Commercial Satellite Imagery and Mapping Products for Conflict Response
Description: Since 2006, AAAS has engaged in repeated applications of maps, geospatial data, and satellite imagery to conflict situations in partnership with non-governmental human rights organizations. Meeting the challenge of mapping and imaging locations in utilizes an evolving set of tools, including old Soviet military maps, a new high-resolution publicly accessible satellite controlled by the US Government, fire detection data, and partnerships with other organizations and various UN entities. Once imagery is acquired, analysis of crater formations and other details presents additional challenges that must be addressed. Results of these processes indicate improved timeframes for rapid image acquisition and increasing information that can be derived from the imagery. However, use within crisis situations can be problematic at times given the long timeframes sometimes needed for mapping and image acquisition, as well as other factors.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis King on August 26, 2009 at 2:35pm

Name: Dennis King, US Department of State, Humanitarian Information Unit
Proposed Title: Africa: Conflicts Without Borders
Project Description: Instead of the usual depiction of conflict as countrywide and defined by political/administrative boundaries, the Conflict Without Borders project visualizes the more accurate sub-national and transnational areas of conflict in Africa. Conflict-affected areas are comprised of the geographic areas where conflict has taken place, but also the areas with concentrations of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the locations of refugee camps and cross-border armed group bases. Mapping conflict into distinct sub-national and transnational areas assists in understanding the complex contributing factors to each conflict and developing and targeting conflict prevention and mitigation efforts. Using GIS and GoogleEarth mash-up, the Conflict Without Borders project and website would provide situational visualization and geo-spatial/temporal analysis to a wide range of US Government and international organizations interested in monitoring and analyzing conflict.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on August 26, 2009 at 5:55pm

Name: Jeffrey Villaveces
Proposed Title: Integrated Information Management Aimed at Decision-making in Humanitarian Assistance

Description:
Providing humanitarian assistance in any sector requires rapid decision-making, and decisions should be taken based on a host of information, often from several sectors. In Colombia, OCHA has confronted the challenge of informing decision-makers with an integrated information management approach which incorporates structured and disperse datasets from a variety of actors, processes them on the municipal level, allows accessability in an easy-to-use interface over the web, and presents the data in a series of formats. Explaining the full information management process, the presentation will take a look at the results of the Departmental and Municipal Profiles, the Humanitarian Situation Risk Index and a set of Infograms, all aimed at providing decision-makers with solid baseline data, as well as a risk analysis based upon available information in the country.

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Permalink Reply by Suha Ulgen on August 27, 2009 at 8:44am

Name: Suha Ülgen

Title: Universal Addressing for Crisis Mapping

Efficient data integration is a critical success factor for effective crisis mapping. Data standards, particularly those that promulgate geographic specificity and accuracy, facilitate data integration and crisis mapping. The UN Humanitarian Information Center (HIC), a ‘Humanitarian Common Service’ widely acknowledged for its crisis mapping products, has introduced the practice of “place-codes” (p-codes) to assist the humanitarian geospatial information management practitioners in standardizing on a common set of “place names” at “poorly mapped” theaters of operation, or when there is no consensus on the geo-political or administrative attributes of the area.

Ten years after its inception, the p-code practice must be reviewed in light of current technological advances, especially the use of location-aware, networked, mobile platforms increasingly deployed by humanitarian practitioners worldwide.

Crisis mapping practitioners will be invited to collaborate on innovative solutions to advance the p-code practice towards a “universal addressing system”.

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