Re:publica 2011: Changing the World, One Map at a Time

by Patrick Meier on Apr 15, 2011

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Presentation give on Ushahidi, crisis mapping, crowdsourcing, activism and check-in's with a purpose at the 2011 Re:publica conference in Berlin

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Re:publica 2011: Changing the World, One Map at a Time — Presentation Transcript

Changing the World …
… One Map at a Time
@patrickmeier

1994

800,000 peoplemurdered

… and the world’s response?

“Look the other way”

What if Twitter had existed in 1994 and Dallaire had tweeted his concerns instead of sending a fax?
RomeoDallaireRomeo Dallaire

2008

500,000 peopledisplaced

… and the world’s response?

our
… and the world’s response?

2010

7.0 Magnitude Earthquake

… and our response?

@patrickmeier

“The Marine Corps is using your project every second of the day to get aid and assistance to the people that need it most”

SMS 4636

Credit: Rob Munro

2011

9.0 Magnitude Earthquake

Mass atrocities in Libya

www.CrisisMappers.net
Standby Volunteer Task Force

So, you want to be a Crisis Mapper, hmmm?

Join@StandbyTaskforce.com

How About Activism?
@patrickmeier

Millions join the protests

“We use Facebook to schedule protests, Twitter to coordinate and YouTube to tell the world.”

Civil Resistance in Egypt

Move Tactically & Strategically

Walk Like an Egyptian …

“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 overhead — maybe better,
if you can distract the crew
of the helicopter.”

Check-in’s with
a Purpose

So, wanna play? : )
http://download.ushahidi.com
http://rp11.crowdmap.com

Student protests in London: Sukey

So What’s Next?
@patrickmeier

“If radio gave each event a sound, TV – an image, then this relatively new ‘mapping reflex’ gave each event a geographic location”

The Take Away?

Don’t get too jazzed up!
Tech is only 10% of
the solution

@patrickmeier

Harsha Vardhan Madiraju , Geospatial Business Development Professional at Avineon India Pvt. Ltd. On of the influential talks on the reelvance of mapping 7 months ago

Are you sure you want to Yes No

Anke Domscheit-Berg , Innovative Government Programs Lead at Microsoft Germany Great stuff, I saw the live presentation at re:publica 11 in Berlin. 1 year ago

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