This document discusses the development of an open data platform in Pakistan for disaster mapping and crowdsourcing information during floods in 2010. A short code was launched to collect situation reports from affected areas via SMS. Volunteers including techies, crisis mappers, and community managers collaborated on the crowdsourcing effort to map conditions on the ground and reach as many people as possible. This led to the creation of additional crowdsourcing and microwork platforms to provide opportunities for large unemployed populations and support disaster response efforts through open collaboration.

1. From Floods Mapping to Open Data Platform
Faisal Chohan

2. July - 2010 - Floods

3. SMS Short Code - 3441
3441
Goal: Reach maximum people and map
situation on ground

4. Collaboration Crowdsourcing Openness

5. Techies Haiti Team Members
Community Managers Crisis Mappers
Volunteers
Content Writers
1 Goal
Open Decision Making

9. Crowdsourcing - Next
In Pakistan we launched Microwork
platform
1.1 Billion
Limited opportunities
300 million workforce in Africa
807 million workforce South Asia
eWork.pk
Birth of Standby TaskForce and
Micromappers Platform

10. Next
Disaster mapping to Open Data Platform

13. www.pakreport.org
www.ework.pk
www.brightspyre.com
@faisalchohan