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Updates from OCHA Colombia Floods Deployment
[Blog post by Virginia Brussa, SBTF Regional Coordinator for South & Central America] According to SIGPAD, the second rainy season affected 1,193,956 people of which more than 33,000 were affected in January alone. UN OCHA Colombia requested support from the SBTF in December to map the massive flooding triggered by the second season of [...]
SBTF Recognized in Online Volunteer Award!
The entire SBTF membership is truly honored and proud to be recognized in this year’s International Online Volunteer Award! The official press release is available online here, which includes this video describing the SBTF’s work on the Libya Crisis Map. Sincere thanks to Andrej Verity for his comments in the video below. Responding to Crisis Online from [...]
Libya Crisis Map Deployment Report
We have just completed the after action review of the SBTF deployment of the Libya Crisis Map. You can view the report as a Google Doc here. Please feel free to add comments and questions as this is an open and editable document. The entire point of this report is to catalyze conversation and learning. This is [...]
Changing the World One Map at a Time
[Cross-posted from Patrick Meier's iRevolution blog] The response to last year’s crises in Haiti, Chile and Pakistan revealed an exciting potential. Volunteers from thousands of miles away could possibly play an important role in humanitarian operations by using social networking platforms and free, open source software to create live crisis maps. Today’s volunteer efforts on the [...]
Summary: Digital Disaster Response to Philippine Typhoon