2013 01-21 open itp crisis and development data
DESCRIPTION
Talk given to Open ITP meetup in New York City, January 2013.TRANSCRIPT
Crisis and Development Data: (Starting to) Fix the System
Sara-Jayne FarmerChange Assembly
Broken Systems
• Communities• Processes• Tech• Innovation
(Some of) What’s Broken• Development Data– Broken data formats, access, coverage, standards– Ignored data sources– Human vs Data disconnect
• Crisis Data– Remote vs Ground disconnect– Crisis vs Development disconnect– Deployment lead overload
• Communities– Stovepipes, fiefdoms, imperialism, finding…
DEVELOPMENT DATA
Typical Workflow
Data Access
Online, under an open license
Structured (e.g. Excel, not PDF)
Non-proprietary (e.g. CSV, not Arcgis)
URI / API (so people can point at it)
Linked to other data (to give context)
Clean
StandardiseDR Congo in Data.UN.Org:•“Congo, Democratic Republic of the”, “Congo Democratic”, “Democratic Republic of the Congo”, “Congo (Democratic Republic of the)”, “Congo, Dem. Rep.”, “Congo Dem. Rep.”, “Congo, Democratic Republic of”, “Dem. Rep. of Congo”, “Dem. Rep. of the Congo”
DR Congo in common standards: •“Democratic Republic of the Congo” (UN Stats), “Congo, The Democratic Republic of the” (ISO3166), “Congo, Democratic Republic of the” (FIPS10, Stanag), “180” (UN Stats), “COD” (ISO3166, Stanag), “CG” (FIPS10)
Cross-Correlate
Use
CRISIS DATA
Typical Workflow
Find…
Listen…
Estimate…
Geolocate…
Erm… you also need a map…
Cross-Correlate
Use
COMMUNITIES
Support Communities
Combine Experts with Data Science
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