MapSwipe: Crowdsourcing with Data-Driven Innovation ESA Earth Observation Summer School August 5, 2016 Frascati (Rome) Italy MapSwipe is a mobile app available in on the Google Play and Itunes store (mapswipe.org). Humanitarian organizations can't help people if they can't find them. MapSwipe is a mobile app that lets you search satellite imagery to help put the world's most vulnerable people on the map. This talk was to share how students can consider how to apply their technical and scientific skills to help solve issues with communities.

1. Crowdsourcing with
Data-Driven Innovation
Heather Leson
ESA Earth Observation Summer School
Frascati (Rome), Italy
August 5, 2016

2. Matter: Identify a problem

3. Why MapSwipe?

5. Form your team

7. Brainstorm

10. Build out your strategy
Do your homework

14. Download MapSwipe!

15. Community is the heart

18. Planning and
Documentation

20. Every interaction is
a gift.

21. Launch Well

23. Clear,
manageable
small tasks.
Fits into the
user’s existing
workflow.

24. The app is super
simple with respect
for people’s time,
encouraging
messages, badges
and progress bars.

25. Listen and iterate

26. Have a plan for
feedback. How will
you respond? Who
and in what
timeframe? How will
you make changes?

27. Teach

28. Rectangular buildings
Rectangular buildings
Small round huts
Small round huts

29. Data Driven Innovation

31. Research and Development

32. Thank you
#MapSwipe
www.mapswipe.org
www.missingmaps.org
Hotosm.org
@hotosm
@theMissingMaps
Facebook:
MissingMapsProject
@heatherleson