Recampaign 2011: Changing the World, One Map at Time

Changing the World …

… One Map at a Time@patrickmeier

Why Live Mapping?

Because Live Maps are Better than Dead Maps

Ushahidi

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500,000 people displaced

Features

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Applications

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SMS 4636

Credit: Rob Munro

Credit: Rob Munro

2011

Mass atrocities in Libya

www.CrisisMappers.net

Standby Volunteer Task Force

So, you want to be a Crisis Mapper, hmmm?

Join@StandbyTaskforce.com

How About Activism?

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Millions join the protests

“We use Facebook to schedule protests, Twitter to coordinate and

YouTube to tell the world.”

Civil Resistance in Egypt

Move Tactically & Strategically

Walk Like an Egyptian …

“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 overhead —

maybe better, if you can distract the crew

of the helicopter.”

Check-in’s with

a Purpose

Student protests in London: Sukey

The birth of a new country

Civil Resistance + Digital Activism

Tactics, Strategy and Technology

The Take Away?

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Don’t get too jazzed up!

Tech is only 10% of the solution