patrick meier: changing the world one map at a time ( sept 2011 wavelength overview)
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Changing the World
One Map at a Time @patrickmeier
2008@patrickmeier
500,000 people displaced
2010@patrickmeier
7.0 Magnitude Earthquake
2011@patrickmeier
9.0 Magnitude Earthquake
Mass atrocities in Libya
www.CrisisMappers.net
Standby Volunteer Task Force
Millions join the protests
“We use Facebook to schedule protests, Twitter to coordinate and
YouTube to tell the world.”
Horror in the Horn of Africa
Saving Somalia
“Having a real-time map, complete with satellite photos, of where everyone is at any one
moment is almost as good as having your own helicopter”