The document discusses crisis mapping, which involves collecting data from sources like social media and eyewitnesses during a crisis, analyzing and displaying the data on a map, and using the information to help direct emergency response efforts. It provides details on the different components of crisis mapping including data collection, analysis, and response, and how volunteers can help by providing translation, research, and quality control of the crowdsourced information. Crisis mapping tools like Ushahidi allow organizations to quickly set up systems to coordinate aid efforts during disasters using data from online reports.
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technology.
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separate, configurable components, and allows dynamic construction
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evaluator services. The result is a network that can easily be
configured to test hypotheses and analyze the impact of various
choices for elements of decision processes.
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The problem of matchmaking in electronic social networks is formulated as an optimization problem.
In particular, a function measuring the matching degree of fields of interest of a search profile with
those of an advertising profile is proposed.
Flexible Decision Support in Dynamic Interorganizational NetworksWolf Ketter
An effective Decision Support System (DSS) should help its users
improve decision-making in complex, information-rich, dynamic environments.
We present a feature gap analysis of current decision support
technologies, and we identify a set of DSS Desiderata, properties
that can contribute both effectiveness and flexibility to users in
such environments.
We show that there is a gap between the features
provided by current DSS technologies and the DSS Desiderata we
aim for. We present a design-science approach that
extends the boundaries of human decision-makers by creating a
new and innovative artifact called ``evaluator service networks''
at the confluence of people, organizations, and
technology.
Our artifact enables users to compose decision behaviors from
separate, configurable components, and allows dynamic construction
of analysis and modeling tools from small, single-purpose
evaluator services. The result is a network that can easily be
configured to test hypotheses and analyze the impact of various
choices for elements of decision processes.
We have implemented and tested this design in
an interactive version of the MinneTAC trading agent, an agent
designed for the Trading Agent Competition for Supply
Chain Management.
We present an example of an evaluator service network that
determines sales prices in a rich, dynamic trading environment.
Additionally we describe visual interface elements that allow users to see
and manipulate the configuration of the network, and to construct
economic dashboards that can display the current and historical
state of any node in the network.
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information system (GIS) gives you
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You need to know where your
vulnerabilities are before an
emergency strikes. A geographic
information system (GIS) gives you
tools to proactively identify risks
and take action. Powerful mapping
and analysis capabilities help you
plan ahead and be prepared.
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Collaborative mapping is the crucial need in any rescue and relief operation. Our recent experience lead us to focus the research on the development of a unique platform [web and mobile] that allows different levels of geolocated information sharing, on a “user permissions” base [anonymus user, registered user level 1, ….]. Our approach is to use the solutions that are free and open [such as Google Maps, Google Earth, Google 3d, Ushahidi, OpenStreetMap, or Android apps for route tracking] and to develop a stable tool through the integration of diverse solutions ensuring a high level of sharing and collaboration among different players.
Web and mobile emergency networks to real-time information and geodata management.
Authors: DI LOLLI - LANFRANCO - LOMBARDO - RAPISARDI
VVF TAS Torino | Università di Torino | NatRisk | Open Resilience
5. Three Main Components of
CrisisMapping
• CrisisMap Sourcing (CMS):
data point collection
• CrisisMap Analysis (CMA):
describing the data points &
displaying them in a map-like structure
• CrisisMap Response (CMR):
generating action based on the
collected data points
6. CrisisMap Sourcing (CMS)
◦ CrisisMap Coding (CMC)—refers to entering the data
points by hand, based on analysis of news, police reports,
blogs, and so on, but the person entering the data is a
professional
◦ Participatory CrisisMapping (PCM)—refers to data points
entered by the population in crisis, requires people on the
ground
◦ Mobile CrisisMapping (MCM)—refers to the use of hand-
held mobile devices to enter data points (e.g.: cell phones,
portable computers, PDAs, real-time satellite and drone
imagery, etc.)
◦ Automated CrisisMapping (ACM)—refers to the use of
computer programs/algorithms to extract relevant data
points from “the virtual cloud”
7. CrisisMap Analysis (CMA)
◦ CrisisMapping Visualization (CMV)—refers to visual
data representation using maps as the basis
◦ CrisisMapping Analytics (CMA)—refers to analysis of
data points using software to detect hidden patterns and
statistical analysis
◦ CrisisMapping Modeling (CMM)—refers to creating
simulations using the data points as variables (think
climate models)
8. CrisisMap Response (CMR)
◦ CrisisMap Dissemination (CMD)—refers to dissemination
of information to the relevant organizations who can
actually provide services on the ground
◦ CrisisMap Decision Support (CMDS)—refers to the
creation of rules and triggers based on the data points: a
certain threshold is set on events that, once reached,
trigger a particular action (think pandemic)
◦ CrisisMap Monitoring & Evaluation (CMME)—refers to
the research that can be conducted using the maps and
data points over time
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Volunteers all over the world can help with clarifying the
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20. 100s of Ushahidi
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documenting events
Live CrisisMapping in Japan, all over the world...
hours after the earthquake hit:
Aerial view of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
plant in Okuma, Japan, on Monday, March 14th, 2011
21. How Easy Is It?
• Ushahidi runs its own servers — no need to
setup complicated software system on your
own server (at least for simple projects).
• Ushahidi has comprehensive documentation
and technical support — it’s possible to setup
a CrowdMap in one afternoon!
Ushahidi.com
• Anyone can do it! wiki.Ushahidi.com
If you know what you want to
accomplish and have clear goals for
your CrowdMap, Ushahidi makes it
very easy to set up and go.
LinkedIn.com/groups/Crowdmappers-4215298
22. CostOfChicken.com is a CrowdMap setup by
San Francisco high school students. It tracks the
“true costs of food” around the world.