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Digital Volunteers & Crowdsourcing to Support Interna7onal Relief Efforts
[email protected] @shadrocker
Ushahidi builds tools for democra7zing informa1on, increasing transparency and
lowering the barriers for individuals to share their stories.
Open Source | Non-‐Profit
Community-‐Driven
Common Ques7ons • What / who are “the crowd” or “digital volunteers”?
• Organiza7onal needs • Accuracy / validity of data • What are the benefits
Example: USAID Data Crea7on • USAID’s Development Credit Authority • Targeted Programming • Analyzing Impact • BeXer Coordina7on
Problem: Data were broken COUNTRY LOCATION
Vietnam Mac Thi Buoi Vinh Tuy Ward, Hai Ba Trung Dist Ha Noi Viet Nam
Haiti Port au prince
Haiti Sud
COUNTRY LOCATION ADM1 PLACENAME
Vietnam Mac Thi Buoi Vinh Tuy Ward, Hai Ba Trung Dist
Ha Noi Ha Noi
Haiti Port au prince Ouest Port au prince
Haiti Sud Sud Sud
Solu7on: data cleanup
• Use of free labor • Non-‐disclosure • Personally iden7fiable informa7on • Informa7on Quality Act
Step 2: Pioneering Policy
• Stronger Public Support & Interest • Poli7cal visibility • Top 3% most viewed USAID web pages: tools & data can obviate organiza7onal data silos
Impacts: Documented Success
20% 15%
• Strategy for Technical Infrastructure • Pioneer Policy • Build “crowd” with volunteer organiza7ons • Clear communica7on with volunteers or “crowd” is cri7cal: manage feedback loops
• Plan on accuracy assessment • Transparent documenta7on & analysis
“Crowdsourcing” Checklist
• OSM is a open map (database) of the world: users create data by tracing satellite imagery.
• Relief organiza7ons are experimen7ng • Supported by U.S. State Dept. “MapGive” • Spa7al accuracy can be quite good (Haklay et al. find >80%)
• Subjec7ve Damage Assessments are problema7c – imagery (American Red Cross)
Example of OpenStreetMap
• Kathmandu Living Labs • Established by GFDRR: Open Data for Resilience
• Built local capacity to create open data • Mix of NGO & Crowdsourcing • Valida7on of an open model
OpenStreetMap in Nepal