Haiti Information Map Netsquared 
NTEN
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. Be sure to visit the site and press "Play" on the map.
Tech Soup
APRIL 19, 2016
The rise of mobile, social media, crowdsourcing, blogging, and citizen journalism in the mid-2000s created extraordinary new communication and information-sharing opportunities. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.
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Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
When wildfires devastated the area around San Diego in October, 2007, citizen journalists used e-mail, text messages, and social media sites to collect and disseminate real-time information about the location of the fires, evacuation efforts, meeting places and emergency supplies. magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010.
Tech Soup
MARCH 29, 2017
Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. It puts one type of data on a map.
Tech Soup
MARCH 12, 2015
Many years ago, NetSquared hosted challenges and conferences to highlight and bring together fledging social entrepreneurs. For example, in post-earthquake Haiti, Dd trained and empowered local women to track and document incidents of gender-based violence. " Digital Democracy (Dd) was a prize winner in that challenge.
Amy Sample Ward
MARCH 14, 2010
Three specific examples that are very different include: Connectipedia : a wiki-based platform that allows anyone interested in philanthropy or social impact in the Pacific Northwest (or beyond) to share research, resources, information, or data about people, places and topics. The crowd decides and creates everything that it is.
Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
The FEMA app includes preparation guidelines for a variety of disasters, including checklists, safety tips, and local shelter maps. Once you've downloaded the app, all this information is accessible regardless of whether you have phone service or internet access during an emergency. Shelter information is updated every 30 minutes.
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