Recampaign 2011: Changing the World, One Map at Time
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Changing the World …
… One Map at a Time@patrickmeier
Why Live Mapping?
Because Live Maps are Better than Dead Maps
Ushahidi
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500,000 people displaced
Features
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Applications
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SMS 4636
Credit: Rob Munro
Credit: Rob Munro
2011
Mass atrocities in Libya
www.CrisisMappers.net
Standby Volunteer Task Force
So, you want to be a Crisis Mapper, hmmm?
How About Activism?
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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
Student protests in London: Sukey
The birth of a new country
Civil Resistance + Digital Activism
Tactics, Strategy and Technology
The Take Away?
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Don’t get too jazzed up!
Tech is only 10% of the solution