OpenStreetMap For Aid Information

OpenStreetMap.org For Aid Information Harry Wood harrywood.co.uk

Worldwide project Open Data. Volunteers. Not-for-profit foundation

Editable map
Wiki-style mass collaboration
Large numbers of people. Small contributions
Vector editors

Haiti Yahoo! imagery sketching

Haiti GeoEye post-quake imagery within 24 hours

Haiti Good detailed map within 48 hours

Haiti Garmin downloads (converted raw data) Search & Rescue teams “ Please be assured that we are using your data - I just wish we knew about this earlier.”

Haiti Ushahidi Using OSM in a mashup

Kibera, Nairobi
Largest slum in Africa
Mapping water supply and medical facilities
Photo CCBY2: St. Aloysius Gonzaga High School Journalism Club http://www.flickr.com/photos/newbeatphoto/3726803818/

Kibera, Nairobi
Training local people to contribute
Take ownership of their map

OpenStreetMap.org
Need development
Need hack day venue
Need slick promotion
Need money (foundation donations)
Pizza
Servers
Hire people?
Harry Wood harrywood.co.uk

Harry Wood got involved in OpenStreetMap four years ago, as a mapper, wiki gardener, and developer. He is an active member of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap team (HOT) as well as chief organiser of mapping and hacking events in London, doing these promotional things as a volunteer, while working developing geo-technologies for placr.co.uk Homepage and blog: http://harrywood.co.uk These slides are (of course) freely re-usable under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License Map images are CC-BY-SA OpenStreetMap. More details wiki.openstreetmap.org Kibera Photo CCBY2.0: St. Aloysius Gonzaga High School Journalism Club

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OpenStreetMap For Aid Information

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