Map KiberaMikel Maron, OSM Foundation
SIPA/Columbia University2009 Sep 28
photo: http://gallery.me.com/dbullington#100816&view=null&bgcolor=black&sel=12
Kibera 1 million, area size of Central park
is a blank spot on the map
photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kibera,_Nairobi_May_2007.jpg
Slum ClearanceHow can change be discussed without knowing the present?
The Challenge of Slums1 Billion people in slums today
Current Best Practice: Participatory Slum UpgradingVery very few maps
photo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8259533.stm
High Speed Internet &Nairobi Tech Community
November
Partner with community groups
Train movitated young Kiberans to map Kibera themselves.
Volunteers from Nairobi tech community
Data users invited to participate
OpenStreetMap?Global Collaborative Mapping
“kinda like Wikipedia for Maps”
GPS Surveying, Mapping Parties, Imagery Digitizing, Open Database
Maps and Data are Expensive, Wrong, Not Everywhere
OSM inPrint, Offline, Mobile
OSM inGovt & Corps
OSM inDeveloping World and UN
Camp Roberts to Afghan Elections Beer for Data
SocialGeo and Data Sharing Communities
H.O.THumanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Mapping Palestine
we are missingNeutral Geographic Context
photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/discoste/3069220022/
Bethlehem August 2008Engineers without Borders
Engineering Association
Testing Our Mapping Assumptions
Not Easy!Security/ Heat!/
Volunteers to Job Creation
The State of the MapsPaper Maps, Geodata Sharing, Piracy
Mappers!
From Hebron to Ramallah to Jenin
the first “Palestinian Spy Satellite”
(kite photography)
Gaza January 2009no decent maps anywhere
Call out for help
Yahoo! imagery
Tidal wave of crowdsourcing
Collect existing data sourcesand free data
UN, Commercial, NGO, EU, Wikipedia, USA, News
Southern GazaRemote Mappers, 7 days
Fundraiser for Imagery5k GBP in days
2m, mid-Januaryfrom Digital Globe
JumpStart entersGaza in March
local knowledge
Gaza City today
Applications and Use Nationalized Routing
Arabic Maps
Gaza Incident Map
Gaza Tourist Map
Map Cake!
Conflicts?name, name:ar, name:he
settlements
Map Kibera Details
* Oct 9 AfricaGathering Conference in UK * Oct 14 CrisisMapping Conference in Cleveland * Jubal travelling to region starting in October * Oct 20 Mikel and Erica arrive Nairobi * Oct 26 AfricaGIS * Oct 30 WhereKampala * Oct 31 Kelele * Nov 1 Start Kibera * Possible early completion and move to other areas * Nov 14(?) Orgazinational Outreach Workshop/Symposium * Nov 21 Finish * Nov 25-27 AFRICOMM 2009, Mozambique
Potential Partners and Allies
Venue/Volunteers: Carolina for Kibera, Kibera Community Youth
Media: Radio Kibera, Nairobits
InfoActivist NGOs: Wazimba, SodNET, Fahamu
Tech Community: Ushahidi, kelele, Mobile Boot Camp, skunkwerks
Agencies: UNHCR, UNICEF, Google
AND...?
What do we collect?
* roads and paths and rail * wells * pit latrines / sewer * medical facilities * schools * churches * businesses * community organizations * administrative units
... and whatever else is useful?
Sustainability and Reproducibility
Workshops
One or two day workshop with CBOs, NGOs, international orgs, govt, to raise awareness of Map Kibera, gather requirements and the possibilities of open data and open source. Gather needs, brainstorm and help spur pilot projects. A select few easy wins may be quickly implemented the local tech community.
Geeks
WhereCampAfrica
Focused Partnerships
What will happen when the invisible slums are made visible? The tools for mapping these new geographies are in hand .. not centralized or a tool of authority, but empowering to all and making dialogue inevitable.
Will residents see mapping as a way to exert their presence and protect themselves? Or is information vulnerability? Will authorities react negatively, seeing this as another attempt at legitimacy? Or positively, as information gathering for invasions and control?
Is it possible that geographical political situations might improve if we all openly contribute to and debate within an artifact, with data, in the map?
Map Kiberahttp://www.rockburger.com/kiberawiki/http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Humanitarian_OSM_Teamhttp://www.slideshare.net/mikel_maronhttp://brainoff.com/