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Live Crisis Map of Disaster Damage Reported on Social Media
Update: See early results of MicroMappers deployment here Digital humanitarian volunteers have been busing tagging images posted to social media in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda. More specifically,...
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Early Results of MicroMappers Response to Typhoon Yolanda (Updated)
We have completed our digital humanitarian operation in the Philippines after five continuous days with MicroMappers. Many, many thanks to all volunteers from all around the world who donated their...
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Combining Radio, SMS and Advanced Computing for Disaster Response
I’m headed to the Philippines this week to collaborate with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on humanitarian crowdsourcing and technology projects. I’ll be based in the...
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Grassroots UAVs for Disaster Response
I was recently introduced to a new initiative that seeks to empower grassroots communities to deploy their own low-cost xUAVs. The purpose of this initiative? To support locally-led disaster response...
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Humanitarians Using UAVs for Post Disaster Recovery
I recently connected with senseFly’s Adam Klaptocz who founded the non-profit group DroneAdventures to promote humanitarian uses of UAVs. I first came across Adam’s efforts last year when reading about...
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The Use of Expendable UAVs After Typhoon Haiyan
My colleague Dr. Imes Chiu recently co-authored this report (PDF) on his team’s use of expendable UAVs following Typhoon Haiyan (known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines). Imes is Chief of Applied...
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Humanitarians in the Sky: Using UAVs for Disaster Response
The following is a presentation that I recently gave at the 2014 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Conference (RPAS 2014) held in Brussels, Belgium. The case studies on the Philippines and Haiti are...
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The Filipino Government’s Official Strategy on Crisis Hashtags
As noted here, the Filipino Government has had an official strategy on promoting the use of crisis hashtags since 2012. Recently, the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning...
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Low-Cost UAV Applications for Post-Disaster Assessments: A Streamlined Workflow
Colleagues Matthew Cua, Charles Devaney and others recently co-authored this excellent study on their latest use of low-cost UAVs/drones for post-disaster assessments, environmental development and...
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From Aerial to Maritime Robotics for Payload Delivery?
WeRobotics is co-creating a global network of social innovation labs to accelerate the transfer of appropriate robotics solutions to local partners who need them the most. Launched last week at the...
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