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Started this discussion. Last reply by Geoffrey Pinnock Oct. 29, 2009.
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http://www.ted.com Talking at the US State Department this summer, Hans Rosling uses his fascinating data-bubble software to burst myths about the developing...
Petra,
Thanks again! Also extreemely useful. It seems like a 'dataset' section would be helpful for researchers, and may be useful for comparing with 'live' data available from event monitoring systems. We'll put these togeather with our own researc…
Edouard,
Brilliant - many thanks! Exactly what we are looking for - we'll definately incorporate this. Extreemely encouraging to begin collecting the collective wisdom of CM colleagues.
Best,
G
Geoff,
I'm glad you found this interesting.
I have an archive (almost 500 mb) of material including datasets/project descriptions, codebooks, data files themselves, etc. I've just found within it another overview doc I think you may find useful. Do…
Hi Geoff,
Find below a doc, with a summary table, I attached to my mission report.
As every classification, it has its own limits. I still believe/hope it might help a bit to give a global picture.
By the way, critics/comments are most welcome.…
Our plan,
The plan is pretty simple, and goes like this:
1. Confirm requirements
This is why we spoke to you – we know what would be useful to us, but want this to be a resource for everyone.
2. Build database
This ‘ll be a pretty cheap & cheerfu…
Hi everyone,
Thanks again for your feedback on the this idea during the conference – it was great to get your thoughts on what would be useful to you, and to tap into your expertise on how best to bring that about.
Here’s a quick record of what I to…
Petra,
Thanks very much indeed! Very useful and exactly the kind of response we were hoping for – we’ll review further and determine how to include statistical datasets like these in the database.
Best,
Geoff
Hello,
My colleagues and I worked on something similar during 2003-2005. We thought that from the point of view of modeling it is good to know where to find what kind of data on what kind of issues or social entities.
We published a short paper in…
Greetings all!
Apologies for the lateness of this post – we had something up before, but it got lost in the mix, and travelling has made it tricky to get connected. This discussion is for discussion ideas, thoughts, or requests concerning the datab…
Operationalizing crisis mapping in the field for decision support and M&E
Press release from USAID
(Disclaimer: FYI only, in case of interest - not making any representations about the effort):
August 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC. - USAID has partnered with Fortius One's GeoCommons, Google, Development Seed, Relief Star-Tide…
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Alertnet: "Next time disaster strikes the Philippines, tweet for help"
Full article (08 Oct): http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/57964/2009/09/8-142901-1.htm
MANILA - When the worst flooding in 40 years hit the Philippines, cutting off power and shutting down mobile phone networks in many areas, tech-savvy locals turned to the Internet's social networking sites to get information flowing about friends, neighbours and strangers stuck in the rising waters.
In the critical hours that followed, residents of Greater Manila who had been overwhelmed by twice the amount of… Continue
MANILA - When the worst flooding in 40 years hit the Philippines, cutting off power and shutting down mobile phone networks in many areas, tech-savvy locals turned to the Internet's social networking sites to get information flowing about friends, neighbours and strangers stuck in the rising waters.
In the critical hours that followed, residents of Greater Manila who had been overwhelmed by twice the amount of… Continue
Posted on October 8, 2009 at 7:30pm —
USAID: Mapping the Afghanistan Presidential Election
Press release from USAID
(Disclaimer: FYI only, in case of interest - not making any representations about the effort):
August 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC. - USAID has partnered with Fortius One's GeoCommons, Google, Development Seed, Relief Star-Tides, Synergy Strike Force, and Alive in Afghanistan to map election related incidents online -- enabling anyone to share information that bolsters the fledgling democracy.
See maps and layers of data uploaded at http://news.geocommons.com/afghanistanel… Continue
(Disclaimer: FYI only, in case of interest - not making any representations about the effort):
August 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC. - USAID has partnered with Fortius One's GeoCommons, Google, Development Seed, Relief Star-Tides, Synergy Strike Force, and Alive in Afghanistan to map election related incidents online -- enabling anyone to share information that bolsters the fledgling democracy.
See maps and layers of data uploaded at http://news.geocommons.com/afghanistanel… Continue
Posted on August 21, 2009 at 4:41am —
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- At 10:09am on October 11, 2009,
Geoffrey Pinnock said… - Thanks Astrid! Amended, with apologies to your colleague - unintentional product of sleep deprivation, I'm afraid.
- At 9:37am on October 11, 2009,
Astrid Zweynert said… - Hi Geoffrey, thanks for posting the story about the Philippines and Twitter etc. It's actually an AlertNet story, not a ReliefWeb story as you say in your headline. I see you got the original URL from AlertNet at the top but would be great to see AlertNet in the headline too:) - since our correspondent went there to report on the floods and did a nice job pulling the social media efforts together.
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