Deployments

List of Official SBTF Deployments and side deployments since the launch of the SBTF in October.

November

• Country: Colombia
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN OCHA Colombia
• Purpose: Colombia Earthquake Simulation

January

• Country: Sudan
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: Sudanese Civil Society
• Purpose: Referendum Monitoring
• Blogpost

February

• Country: Australia
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: ABC Australia
• Purpose: Mapping Yasi Cyclone Impact & Needs

• Country: New Zealand
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: New Zealand Disaster Responders
• Purpose: Mapping Christchurch Earthquake Impact & Needs

March

• Country: Syria
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Syrian Diaspora
• Purpose: Mapping Human Rights Violations

March - April

• Country: Libya
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN OCHA
• Purpose: Mapping Complex Emergency in Libya
• Report Published and blogpost

May

• Country: USA
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Tuscaloosa News
• Purpose: Mapping Impact of Tornadoes
• Blogpost

July

• Country: India
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Indian Partners
• Purpose: Mapping Impact of Mumbai Attacks & Needs

August

• Country: USA
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Civil society
• Purpose: Mapping Impact of Hurricane Irene

September

• Country: Somalia
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: UNHCR
• Purpose: Mapping Informal Settlements
• Blogpost

October

• Country: Turkey
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Al-jazeera
• Purpose: Mapping Impact of Van Earthquake & Needs

• Country: Syria
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: Amnesty International USA
• Purpose: Mapping Evidence of Mass Human Rights Abuses
• Blogpost and thank you note

November

• Country: Somalia
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UNHCR
• Purpose: Mapping Informal Settlements
• Blogpost 1, blogpost 2, blogpost 3 and thank you video

December

• Country: Samoa
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN-SPIDER
• Purpose: Hurricane Simulation
• Report published

• Country: Libya
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN WHO
• Purpose: Mapping Health Facilities Registry
• Blogpost1, blogpost 2, blogpost 3

• Country: Colombia
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN OHCA
• Purpose: Crisis Mapping Floods
• Blogpost1 and blogpost 2

• Country: DRC
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Northwestern & Oxfam
• Purpose: Mapping Presidential Elections
• Blogpost

January

• Country: n/a
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: UNOSAT
• Purpose: Crowdsourced photo tagging
• Blogpost

February

• Country: Bosnia
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Al-jazeera Balkans
• Purpose: Crisis mapping snow/cold emergency
• Blogpost

• Country: Madagascar
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Malagasy grassroots
• Purpose: Crisis mapping Cyclone Giovanna

June

• Country: Global
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: USAID
• Purpose: Mapping Global Economic Data

July

• Country: South Sudan
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN OCHA
• Purpose: Preparedness Mapping
• Blogpost

September

• Country: Syria 
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: SyriaTracker
• Purpose: Evaluation of Platform

October

• Country: DRC
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: ACCAPS
• Purpose: Disaster Preparedness

December

• Country: Philippines
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN OCHA
• Purpose: Damage Assessment
• Blogpost

• Country: Samoa
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN OCHA
• Purpose: Damage Assessment