Download - Geonerdsdc Slum Mapping
Slum MappingGeo(NERDS)DC, February 1, 2012, StetsonsMikel Maron, [email protected],@mikel
GroundTruth Initiative
http://groundtruth.in/
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
http://hot.openstreetmap.org
Slum?
Shanty town, Favela, Skid Row, Barrio, Ghetto, Squatter City
"Informal Settlement"
Urban. Inadequate housing and infrastructure. Lack of tenure.
My definition: Urban Areas of AmbiguousPower
Mapping?
Field Collection <-> Remote sensing
Open <-> Proprietary
"Amateur" <-> "Expert"
Insider <-> Outsider
What is Empowerment along these Spectra?
These guys and OpenStreetMap
Map Kibera
http://mapkibera.org/
Kibera was a blank spot
...and now
...and now
What Mapping Kibera looks like
What Mapping Kibera looks like
What good is it for?
KNN/Voicegeocoding media, advocacy and storytelling
http://kiberanewsnetwork.org/ http://voiceofkibera.org/
Reporting on Slum Clearance
http://storyful.com/stories/1000018913
CensusAccurate Data for monitoring govt services"Kibera's People Deserve to Know the Facts About Their Lives"
http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2010/09/05/kiberas-census-population-politics-precision/
Project planningMathare Sanitation mapping
http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/tag/mathare/
Historic Imagery
http://brainoff.com/weblog/2011/05/05/1674#kibera-1961
What does Map Kibera mean for
other slums?
Dar es Salaam
http://groundtruthinitiative.org/category/tandale/
HaitiCOSMHA, Cite Soleil
http://hot.openstreetmap.org/projects/haiti-2
Soley LeveGrassroots slum upgrading
http://www.soley-leve.org/map/
PalestineGaza Tourist Map
http://igaza.ps/
PalestineGrassroots Al Quds, al Walaja
http://beta.grassrootsjerusalem.org/
PalestineHistoric Jerusalem and the Wall
http://beta.grassrootsjerusalem.org/historic_and_barrier
Real solutions to poverty andmarginalizationVisibility
Education
Opportunity
Connections / Community
Freedom
Our Responsibility as GeoNerdsDCHelp Communities Make the Right Choicesof Appropriate Technologies andMethodologies
ThanksMikel Maron, [email protected], @mikel