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Patrick Meier Remarkable Role of CrisisMappers Group in Haiti

Dear All,

My fellow co-founder of this CrisisMappers Network, Jen Ziemke, kindly put together an excellent Executive Summary that concretely details the incredible collaboration by members of this network. Truly remarkable to see the extent of the rapid information sharing and collaboration in the disaster response. I highly recommend looking through this:

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Added by Patrick Meier on March 2, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Talbot Brooks Concepcion, Chile 1:25,000 scale atlas

Please find the first draft version of a 8.5 x 11" (or A4 ISO page size) 1:25,000 street atlas for Concepcion, Chile at the link provided below. Data is courtesy of OpenStreetMap. We would welcome additional (but reasonable) requests, comments, and feedback. We've used some new compression techniques that squeeze the entire atlas down to 0.8MB in size. Just in case that's sti

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Added by Talbot Brooks on March 2, 2010 at 1:16am — No Comments

Jim Garver International Rice Research Institute on Haitian Crops


A statement from Doug Band: "President Bill Clinton was admitted to the Columbia Campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital after feeling discomfort in his chest. Following a visit to his cardiologist, he underwent a procedure to place two stents in one of his coronary arteries. President Clinton is in good spirits and will continue to focus on the work of his Foundation and Haiti's relief and long-term recove

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Added by Jim Garver on February 23, 2010 at 11:06am — No Comments

Francesca Garrett We Are The Volunteers of Mission 4636

Francesca Garrett is a Psychology student in New Haven, CT. When she isn’t translating SMS messages (or in the chat room as AnyaPetrova), she writes for Mission 4636, and serves as Resource Coordinator for the Translation Team and Fletcher School Situation Room. She can be reached at francesca.garrett@gmail.com

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Added by Francesca Garrett on February 21, 2010 at 9:43am — 1 Comment

Jean-Matthieu Buton Haïti : Comprehensive building damage assessment map

The map presents a total building count and damage as assessed from both satellite and post event aerial survey imagery covering the Commune of Port-au-Prince. Damaged buildings were classified according to visually-assessed damage levels. At this time this is one of the most accurate and complete damage map I have seen for this event.

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Added by Jean-Matthieu Buton on February 9, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Justyna Zander Computation of Things presented at HMUN 2010

A pleasure to join the conference called Harvard Model United Nations 2010 taking place in the last weekend of January 2010. Delightfully, I was asked to speak during the morning Saturday's session (10am) under the framework for the Committee on Science and Technology for Development. The subject of my talk was mostly inspired by the professional events of my life in the last few years… Continue

Added by Justyna Zander on January 30, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

J A Ginsburg TrackerNews.net / Haiti Resources Page

Hello All, Luke Beckman invited me onto the group some time ago - a few of you know me, but for those who don't... My name is Janet Ginsburg and I edit http://www.TrackerNews.net, an aggregator that focuses on health (human, animal, eco), humanitarian work and technology that supports both. It is a little unusual in that stories are not organized by category, but grouped for contextual relevance (breaking news, research papers, blog posts… Continue

Added by J A Ginsburg on January 26, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Jim Garver Clinton Global Initiative on the Ground in Haiti

On Tuesday, January 12th, a devastating earthquake rattled through the small island nation of Haiti. With the help of former President Clinton’s aide Doug Band, The Clinton Global Initiative sprang into action immediately, sending supplies, gathering funds, and developing plans for the long term economic viability of the country in the wake of such a disaster. As the brainchil… Continue

Added by Jim Garver on January 21, 2010 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Michael J. Russell Crisis Camp Help for Haiti Conference Call

In the wake of the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti Tuesday, many concerned professionals from diverse organizations are mobilizing to help. I’m especially proud of the fact that some of my friends and colleagues from the Crisis Camp community are leading the charge. If you are a humanitarian assistance, international development, emergency response or other professional who is looking for opportunities to help, please join a conference call at 11:00 AM EST on Wednesday, Jan. 13th.… Continue

Added by Michael J. Russell on January 13, 2010 at 11:52am — No Comments

Justyna Zander Climate models

Climate models are still in an underdeveloped state. Though, in five to ten years from now, there is a potential that the situation changes, some scientists predict. Let us look at the issue closer. In the physorg news last month, a few statements of Mahowald and Hess raise my attention. "Models of the physical climate that attempt to predict how the interaction of land, atmosphere, and oceans will determine future t… Continue

Added by Justyna Zander on January 4, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Justyna Zander Supercomputation nowadays

I have been traveling around in the last month and this has contributed to my better understanding of Computation, in general, and in the context of climate change-related issues. And so, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) impressed me a lot with its ability of applying the supercomputation power for climate predictions. To that end, the… Continue

Added by Justyna Zander on January 4, 2010 at 6:10am — No Comments

Patrick Meier ICCM 2009 - Conference Report Published!

NEW: ICCM 2009 Conference Report Published! ICCM 2009 textonly.pdf Continue

Added by Patrick Meier on December 16, 2009 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Jeff Bibliography on geography and access issues

Dear crisis mapping colleagues, One area that is of frequent interest to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is that of access issues. These issues include both humanitarian access, that is to say, access on the part of humanitarian actors to populations affected by sudden-onset natural disaster or complex emergency events; and access in a more genera… Continue

Added by Jeff on December 11, 2009 at 1:25pm — No Comments

Patrick Meier New Tech in Emergencies and Conflicts: Role of Information and Social Networks

I had the distinct pleasure of co-authoring this major new UN Foundation Report with my colleague Diane Coyle. The report looks at innovation in the use of technology along the time line of crisis response, from emergency preparedness and alerts to recovery and rebuilding. Continue reading... Continue

Added by Patrick Meier on December 10, 2009 at 10:47am — No Comments

Patrick Meier Applying Technology to Crisis Mapping and Early Warning in Humanitarian Settings

The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) just published a working paper I co-authored with my colleague Dr. Jennifer Leaning. Jennifer and I co-founded the Program on Crisis Mapping and Early Warning (CM&EW) back in 2007 with the generous support of Humanity United (HU). Continue reading... Continue

Added by Patrick Meier on December 10, 2009 at 10:46am — No Comments

Patrick Meier From Baselines to Basemaps: Crisis Mapping for Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)

I was just in Berlin for meetings with Transparency International and the topic of mapping for Monitoring & Evaluation came up yet again. Earlier this year, Mercy Corps and UNDP Sudan both expressed an interest in exploring the application of crisis mapping platforms for M&E. Problem is, the field of M&E—particularly with regards to peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction—is devoid of any references to mapping.… Continue

Added by Patrick Meier on December 10, 2009 at 10:45am — No Comments

Patrick Meier Applying Fluid Dynamics to Crisis Mapping

The Economist just published a fascinating article on fluid dynamics called “The Skeleton of Water” which may have important implications for Crisis Mapping Analytics. We often speak of conflict in terms of waves, e.g., “preventing the next wave of conflict,” but there may be more to the analogy than meets the eye. Continue reading... Continue

Added by Patrick Meier on November 27, 2009 at 6:31pm — No Comments

Justyna Zander Software and Computation Research in Relation to Climate Change

Let me start with an interesting event to attend, especially for engineers with climate change interests. Second International Workshop on Software Research and Climate Change, Cape Town, South Africa, 3 May, 2010, Part of ICSE 2010 This workshop will explore the contributions that software research can make to the challenge of tackling climate change. Software is a critical enabling technology in nearly all aspects of cli… Continue

Added by Justyna Zander on November 27, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

David Zarembka Burundi Election Violence Prevention program

I can be contacted by email at dave@aglionline.org As part of the Burundi Election Violence Prevention Program, we are working on a system that will quickly get information from the grassroots to a centralized communications center for dissimulation to the larger, particularly policy making world. I am forming an IT Election Warning System listserve for those who would like to be on a development committee for this. If you would like to be on this listserve, please let me know and I'll put you… Continue

Added by David Zarembka on November 17, 2009 at 1:41pm — 1 Comment

Patrick Meier Map Kibera Project - Press Release!

Kenyans collaborate with international mappers to complete first free and open map of Africa’s largest slum: Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya Map Kibera to shed new light on details of troubled slum for public use
Nairobi, Kenya - October 24, 2009 – This November, motivated young Kenyans will create the first public digital map of Kibera, widely known as Africa’s largest slum. Map Kibera is a collaborative project lead by Mikel Maron of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap
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Added by Patrick Meier on November 5, 2009 at 2:22pm — No Comments

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