maptivism reloaded: open data for development @oddc
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Map$vism reloaded Open data and maps for development
Chris$an Kreutz
Open data – another hype?
A map is worth a thousand words
A Map of the World An$-‐Spanking League Jonas Dagson
hAp://infographicsnews.blogspot.com/2008/12/save-‐children-‐map.html
It is es6mated as much as 80% of data contains geo-‐referenced informa6on.
www.watradehub.com
Digital maps are a great way to digest data.
Is that useful?
www.mapnificent.de
Complexity
Needs
Andrew Turner (hAp://www.slideshare.net/ajturner/drupal-‐and-‐the-‐geospa$al-‐web)
Where does my money go?
Data + map + mobile phone = a great informa6on service
We need to offer an added value with open data.
Services that really help organiza6ons and beneficiaries.
Photo: C. Kreutz
Local seismograph for your neighborhood
OpenStreetMap (Crea$ve Commons CC-‐by-‐SA 2.0 Lizenz). Rendering © 2010 Cloudmade
Worldwide collabora6on for geo data
Openstreetmap.org
Before the Earthquake
Openstreetmap.org
AXer the Earthquake
www.mapkibera.org
Map Kibera -‐ OpenStreetMaps
Mapping through crowdsourcing
7.4.2011 27 h_da DJ | Daten Recherche | Christian Kreutz
Real-‐6me data and mapping
Google Traffic Data
hAp://www.datavisualiza$on.ch/showcases/traffic-‐on-‐googlemaps
hAp://sukey.org/
Data mining for development aid
Making sense of digital smoke signals
Robert Kirkpatrick – Global Pulse
Danger
www.flickr.com/photos/dollar_bin
www.eightmaps.com
Solly Benjamin Impact of the digi6za6on of land records in Bangalore.
(CC) hAp://www.flickr.com/photos/mckaysavage
