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Slum MappingGeo(NERDS)DC, February 1, 2012, StetsonsMikel Maron, mikel_maron@yahoo.com,@mikel

GroundTruth Initiative

http://groundtruth.in/

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

http://hot.openstreetmap.org

Slum?

Shanty town, Favela, Skid Row, Barrio, Ghetto, Squatter City

"Informal Settlement"

Urban. Inadequate housing and infrastructure. Lack of tenure.

My definition: Urban Areas of AmbiguousPower

Mapping?

Field Collection <-> Remote sensing

Open <-> Proprietary

"Amateur" <-> "Expert"

Insider <-> Outsider

What is Empowerment along these Spectra?

These guys and OpenStreetMap

Map Kibera

http://mapkibera.org/

Kibera was a blank spot

...and now

...and now

What Mapping Kibera looks like

What Mapping Kibera looks like

What good is it for?

KNN/Voicegeocoding media, advocacy and storytelling

http://kiberanewsnetwork.org/ http://voiceofkibera.org/

Reporting on Slum Clearance

http://storyful.com/stories/1000018913

CensusAccurate Data for monitoring govt services"Kibera's People Deserve to Know the Facts About Their Lives"

http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2010/09/05/kiberas-census-population-politics-precision/

Project planningMathare Sanitation mapping

http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/tag/mathare/

Historic Imagery

http://brainoff.com/weblog/2011/05/05/1674#kibera-1961

What does Map Kibera mean for

other slums?

Dar es Salaam

http://groundtruthinitiative.org/category/tandale/

HaitiCOSMHA, Cite Soleil

http://hot.openstreetmap.org/projects/haiti-2

Soley LeveGrassroots slum upgrading

http://www.soley-leve.org/map/

PalestineGaza Tourist Map

http://igaza.ps/

PalestineGrassroots Al Quds, al Walaja

http://beta.grassrootsjerusalem.org/

PalestineHistoric Jerusalem and the Wall

http://beta.grassrootsjerusalem.org/historic_and_barrier

Real solutions to poverty andmarginalizationVisibility

Education

Opportunity

Connections / Community

Freedom

Our Responsibility as GeoNerdsDCHelp Communities Make the Right Choicesof Appropriate Technologies andMethodologies

ThanksMikel Maron, mikel_maron@yahoo.com, @mikel