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EVENT - May 3: Crowdsourcing for Disaster & Humanitarian Response (Open Street Map)

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Tue, 2012-04-24 19:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux
Crowdsourcing for Disaster and Humanitarian Response
Thursday, May 3, 2012
9:00 – 10:30 AM
 
4th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20004
 


 
Free, collaborative maps are uniquely valuable to humanitarian work, especially in places where base map data is often scarce, out of date, or rapidly changing. OpenStreetMap is a web project to create a free and open map of the entire world, built entirely by volunteers surveying with GPS, digitizing aerial imagery, and collecting and liberating existing public sources of geographic data. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) serves as a bridge between the OpenStreetMap community and the traditional Humanitarian Responders.
 
The cycle of response and preparedness of data work together hand in hand. Over the past year HOT has worked on the ground in Haiti and Indonesia while responding to disasters remotely. These methodologies are complementary and can be utilized to have up to date basemap data both after a disaster and preparing in areas at risk of one. 
 
Moderators
Kate Chapman - Treasurer, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Nicolas Chavent - Secretary, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
 
Panel Participants
Board of Directors of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Mikel Maron - President
Schuyler Erle - At Large Member
Harry Wood - At Large Member
John Crowley - Vice President
Dane Springmeyer -Technical Director
 
This meeting is free and open to the public. Click here to RSVP.
 
Allow time for routine security procedures. A photo ID is required for entry. 
For directions to the Wilson Center visit http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions
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Disaster Management
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