Where? Mapped Crowdsourcing and Data Aggregation in a Crisis

Bill Morris – GeoSprocket LLC

A Crisis: Vermont vs. Hurricane Irene

Washouts in Rochester: photo by Mansfield Heliflight

A Role for the Ushahidi Platform:

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Guatemala 2011

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Vacuuming in Twitter Updates #vtirene #vtflood #vtresponse #vtlee

Reporting via Smartphone!

Mobile reporting encounters a few hitches

8 days late to the party . . . SMS and voice-to-text via Google Voice!

In the Background . . .

Live News Aggregation via RSS

Additional Layers via KML and CSV

Google Crisis Map Integration

Pulling in crowdsourced data on a big scale: Ushahidi Sweeper

A Fork in the Road:

VTIrene Ushahidi

Deployment

VTResponse Activities

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State High Water Mark

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Crisis Mapping vs. Citizen Science vs. Participatory Mapping

Crisis Mapping Take-Home Messages

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