Crowdmapping

International Aid

Ana Brandusescu and Renée Sieber

Open Data for Development Challenge, Montréal 2014 Défi données ouvertes pour le développement

Haiti Earthquake

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CrowdsourcingThe process of obtaining needed

information by soliciting contributions

from a large group of volunteers.

Individuals are largely non-experts and

are not formally organized.

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Top 3 Benefits of Crowdsourcing

‘Anytime, anywhere’ reporting

HealthEducation

Foreign

Aid

Human

Rights

Environment

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A rapid response to

technology

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Analytics

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Top 3 Challenges of Crowdsourcing

Crowd sustainability

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Changing technologies

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Technology literacy and use

SMS

Email#

Twitter

App

Thank you!

Questions?

Email: ana.brandusescu@mail.mcgill.ca

Twitter: @anab

Skype: ana.brandusescu

Image Bibliography[1] Ushahidi Haiti Project.

[2] Crowdsourcing logo. http://blog.hbs.edu/hbsinov8/?p=1652

[3] Ushahidi logo designed by Erik Hersman.

http://whiteafrican.com/2008/01/09/ushahidicom-report-incidents-of-violence-in-kenya/

[4] Acadia Park Spaces logo designed by Lisa Chen-Wing.

https://acadiaparkspaces.crowdmap.com

[5] Saine Alimentation. https://scenealimentation.crowdmap.com

[6] Power Cuts in India. http://powercuts.in/

[7] Harass Map. http://harassmap.org/

[8] Uchaguzi. https://uchaguzi.co.ke/

[9] Designed by Ana Brandusescu. Inspired by Care. http://care.ca/

[10] Ushahidi. Featured in The Next Web.

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/08/09/ushahidi-brings-crisis-mapping-to-the-cloud-

with-crowdmap/

[11] Ushahidi. http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/08/09/ushahidi-brings-crisis-mapping-

to-the-cloud-with-crowdmap/#!sFmQC

[12] Nokia phone featured in Extra GSM. http://www.extragsm.com/nokia-3310-phone-

gallery-991.html

[13] Ushahidi & iPhone featured in Kongossa Alive. http://kongossalive.com/2010/04/

[14] Ushahidi Allocation of Time designed by Chris Blow.

http://blog.ushahidi.com/2010/05/19/allocation-of-time-deploying-ushahidi/

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