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Changing the World
One Map at a Time @patrickmeier
1914
The First World War
“To satisfy the public’s desire for information about the war, newspapers published war maps that provided the locations and military capabilities of the warring nations”
2008@patrickmeier
500,000 people displaced
“Having a real-time map, complete with satellite photos, of where everyone is at any one
moment is almost as good as having your own helicopter”
2010@patrickmeier
7.0 Magnitude Earthquake
Credit: Rob Munro
“[We are] using your project every second of the day to get aid and assistance to the people that
need it most”
2011@patrickmeier
Mass atrocities in Libya
www.CrisisMappers.net
Standby Volunteer Task Force
AnalysisGeo-LocationHumanitarianMediaReportsSatelliteSMSTaskTechnologyTranslationVerification
Millions join the protests
“We use Facebook to schedule protests, Twitter to coordinate and
YouTube to tell the world.”
Horror in the Horn of Africa
Saving Somalia
Saving Somalia
2012@patrickmeier
Technology is only 10%
of the solution