ICCM 2013 Ignite Session 2

Ignite Session 2
@CrisisMappers

#ICCM

The Opportunity:

The Challenge:
Making decisions from a blob
Red Cross:
Where are
shelters? What
are road
conditions?

Farmer Brown:
Should I move my
chickens to higher
ground?

NOAA flood risk zone on Google Crisis Maps,
For South Carolina March 30th, 11:30pm

The Opportunity:

The Potential:
Science allows us to answer these questions
Hydrologist from University
of South Carolina: We
should at least identify the
floodplain

Social Scientists from
Charleston College:
Census data indicates
who is vulnerable!

NOAA flood risk zone on Google Crisis Maps,
For South Carolina March 30th, 11:30pm

A Solution:
Refining risk prediction to make it

relevant on

Farmer
Brown:
“I will not waste
money moving my
chickens. Phew!”

time

The Science:
Socio-ecological Approach to
Vulnerability

Biophysical Indicators of
Vulnerability
1. Low Elevation
2. Low Slope
3. High % Impervious
Surface
4. Large Watershed
Size

Where is the flood?

Social Indicators of
Vulnerability
1. High % of young
children
2. High % of elderly
3. Poverty
4. High population
density
5. Low community
cohesion
Dr. Susan
Cutter, Social
Vulnerability Index

EE API Code to Refine the Flood Risk
Our Socio-ecological Risk Model
Zone
Floods in Boulder, Colorado,
September 19th

Total Number of Counties in High
Risk Zone: 4
At risk County with most people:
Weld
State: Colorado
Number of people affected: 88,569

High
Medium
Low

Socio-ecological Risk Surface Layer
in Google Crisis Maps

Vulnerability

High Risk

High

Medium
Low

1,355,740 at risk for flooding

Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan

• Highest flood risk
(3,163,156 people)

slain Mariette/AFP/Getty Images

AP

CONFLICTS & ALLIANCES
IN MALI

Violent Conflict
Political Conflict
Alliance
Broken Alliance

I N F O R M AT I O N
C A M PA I G N S

I N F O R M AT I O N S E R V I C E S W E R E
MORE POPULAR THAN EXPECTED

HELPING VOTERS FIND THEIR
BOOTHS

AFP

Raquel Romano
linkedin.com/in/romano

www.google.org/crisismap/a/.maps

WMS Tile Cache
tile request
/tileset/12/35/64.png

WMS
Server

memcache
datastore

~1200 replies from Sandy aftermath alone

“How do I use the map? What does it mean?”
“How old or new is this information?”
“I see something different than what this map says.”

“How old or new is this information?”
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013
03:20:15 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.15
(Red Hat)
Last-Modified: Mon, 11
Nov 2013 03:19:06 GMT
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 527849
Cache-Control: maxage=300
Expires: Mon, 11 Nov 2013
03:25:15 GMT
Connection: close

<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml
xmlns="http://www.opengis
.net/kml/2.2">
<Placemark>
<name>Google NYC/name>
<description>
We are here.
</description>
<Point>
<coordinates>40.740709,74.001999,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</kml>

{
'fetch_last_modified': 'Wed, 18
Sep 2013 07:52:56 GMT',
'update_time': 1379490776,
'fetch_time':
1384140805.4296601,
'md5_hash':
'ce6c149147ad9af28d611fa1acdf113
b',
'fetch_status': 304,
'fetch_length': 0,
'length': 100837
}

“I see something different than what this map says.”

How should I share what's going on with my contacts outside the city? What is my employer advising us to do? What is
my school or teacher advising us to do? Will I lose my job if I leave? How much will it cost to evacuate? How do I move
my elderly or sick loved one? What is everyone else in my neighborhood doing? Are they evacuating? Where would I
evacuate to? What do city/parish officials advise? What do trusted local newscasters think? How does this storm
compare with others that I've experienced? How severe is it? What is the path of the storm? What is the status of
evacuation routes? What options are there if I have no car? How should I prepare my home for a potentially long-term
evacuation? What stores are still open for last-minute supplies? What supplies do I need to ride out the storm? What are
the essential things I need to take for a potentially long-term evacuation? Where can I get food and supplies along my
evacuation route? Where are all of my friends and family? How can we let everyone know where we ended up? And
check in with those who stayed behind? What are the essential things I need to know about my destination? How to
keep sick/elderly/young children safe on the road? Where can I get medical care along my evacuation route? Contact
information for emergency services where I ended up. What hotels and shelters have space? Who has gas? Where are
the open ATMs on my evacuation route? What is the wait time at stores and other service centers? Where are the
contraflow routes? Where are the backroads and alternate routes to avoid congestion? How to tap into charities and
donations to ease the cost of evacuation? How do I stay in touch with people if the phone are lines down? How can I
share the news about what's happening with the outside world? Who else in my neighborhood is also staying? Where
can I get news updates specific to my neighborhood? Where should I store my possessions? Are there are authorities in
my area sticking around (in case I need help)? What services are still up and running (e.g. police, fire)? If my home
floods, where is the nearest safe place? Is there anyone around that needs shelter? Where is everyone and what is their
status? Where can I get medical help? What pharmacies are open? How do I care for the sick or injured if there aren't
medical facilities near by? How can I alert the outside world to conditions in my area? What are the announcements by
city/local officials? What resources does my community have so we can share? How to alert others to resources I've
found? When will the national guard or police be here (for safety)? How safe are the conditions in my area? How do I
keep my area safe? When will power be back on in my area? Where in the area is there still power? Where is there WiFi?
My home is destroyed - where can I find shelter? Where can I get a hot shower? Where can I find ice (to keep food
fresh)? Where can I find clean water? What stores are open and what supplies do they have? Where can I get food?
How do I keep my food supply safe from spoilage? Where can I wash my clothes? Where can I get cleaning supplies?
Where can I get coupons for food, basic necessities? What is the wait time at stores and other service centers? Where
can I go to get donations (clothes, etc.)? What are the requirements and deadlines for financial aid? What kind of aid
can I qualify for? How can I dispute a rejection for aid? How can I keep track of where my applications stand? If I apply
for one type, will I be disqualified for another? I've lost important documents in the storm. What are the steps to building a
new life elsewhere? I need to find a new job or source of income since my job went with the storm. Where can I get
mental health or spiritual help for PTSD? What are the steps in rebuilding a damaged home? Are there new construction
regulations? Where can I get home repair supplies? What health issues should I watch out for (bad water, chemicals in
home)? How to deal with toxins and mold in my home? Who in community has working resources (washing
machine, car) to share? How to get the city to resume services, e.g. garbage pick-up? If services such as schools remain
closed, where do I send my kids? How can I lobby for services such as libraries and schools to be rebuilt? Where can we

bit.ly/create-a-map
www.google.org/crisismap/a/.maps

RAPIT FTR

UNICEF – RAPID FTR

Traditional
methods still
have relevance

WASH for Children

Innovation not synonymous with technology

How we see innovation

flickr/masondan

Donor governments

Private donors

UN
agencies
3rd

party
military

Government
agencies

Red Cross
Movement

International
NGOs

Recipient country
National Rec
Cross/Crescent

Affected population

General
public
(recipient
countries)
Local
NGOs

Information

Resources

Donor
organisations

The system does
have enormous
capacity to deliver
and save lives

The system needs to continue to evolve
In response ton
increasing
hazards an
needs…

…and changes
in the nature
and contexts
of response

Sphere

HIVAIDS

ICVA
HAP

Gender

JSI

Quality, learning, ac
countability and
advocacy

Rights

Thematic
development

ALNAP

How it tries to change
WEF

Business
practices

Capacity
build

HC

Joint action &
partnerships

Clusters
Decentra
lisation

CERF

Structure
ECB

Media

“If you always do what you
always did, you will always
get what you always got”

Skunkworks

Hugely successful
Closed, protected team of dedicated
experts, separate from core business
High financial investment in Research and
& Development (based on use of patents)

O p e n n n wo v a t i o n
Sku Ikn orks

flickr/cattoo

Open Innovation

Drawing on the edges
See risk and high levels of failure as
inevitable and better shared
Reduced cost of conducting research and
development)

flickr/cattoo

Answers

Actually, more
questions…

Have a go at these

THREE

Collaboration
Engaging users
Accepting failure and risk

Thank you!

Kim Scriven
www.humanitarianinnovation.org
@kimscriven

GIS (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM) applications in
smart phones and open source mapping soft wares for
DRR(DISASTER RISK REDUCTION)…

NAIROBI VS KENYA MAPPING COMPARISON

What Mapping strategy????

Populating maps with data for DRR

CHEAP
QUICK
EFFECTIVE

GIS APPS IN SMART PHONES:

Data collection

OPEN SOURCE MAPPING SOFT WARES:

DATA ANALYSIS

TRIGGER ZONES

ZONE 1

ZONE 2
Sms

ZONE 3

ZONE 4

FIRE RISK STUDY IN KIANDUTU SLUMS THIKA.

APPLICATIONS
Decision making.
Informational purposes.
Academic work and research.

EXTENSIVE MAPPING FOR FREE OPEN MAPS FOR ALL.

Helena Puig Larrauri
@helenapuigl

Mapping tools for field teams

Iraq Dispute Monitoring System
Libya Protection Monitoring System

Iraqi Centre for Negotiation and
Conflict Management

Analysing patterns of disputes

Libya Protection Monitoring
Team (Mercy Corps and LibAid)

Google Fusion Tables and
Google Crisis Map

Making maps for programming

Make less work!


Make less work!

And make it super cool.


Adapt to what already works


Adapt to what already works

And demonstrate added value.


Start a conversation


Start a conversation

And challenge assumptions

• 9.1% of gov. expenditure on Education

• 20% Illiterate Man.
• 38% Illiterate Woman.
• The Background Picture Are a Black board and
desks!

Education Without Borders

Challenges:
• Introducing Crowdsourcing Model.

• Internet Access
• Mapping Skills

• Verification for inaccessible areas.
• Engaging Actors with the platform.

Education Without Borders

irevolution.net/2009/04/09/threat-and-risk-mapping-analysis-in-sudan

Japanese Project for the improvement of water sanitation at schools in Sudan

Education Without Borders community after „hit and run‟ school maintenance

Child Friendly Cities UNICEF Sudan

Johanna Khisa
@jvkenya

@peacegeeks

MAPS
TEXT

LAYOUT

REPLICABLE
STANDARDIZED
EASY INTERFACE

OUR CHALLENGE
Create 1-click install
CMS and mapping tool

PARTNER NEEDS
EASE

LOCALE

UPGRADES

CMS

REPORTING

MOBILE

MAPS

CONTACTS

SPEED

WE ARE READY TO

Collaborate
Develop
Partner
Implement

Amani demo at the Tech Fair
github.com/peacegeeks/amani
wiki.peacegeeks.org.org

peacegeeks.org
@peacegeeks @jvkhisa

Elections monitoring
Methodology
a.) Planning and training

b.) Data collection and editing (OSM)
c.) Mapping
- Boundaries
- Polling stations
- Police posts/stations
- Emergency Humanitarian centers
d.) Map printing and distribution
e.) SMS and video reporting.
f.) Offline engagement (wall paintings
etc)

Civic engagement
Map Kibera joined other organizations
to form the Kibera Civic Watch
Consortium which among other things;

a.) Organized the first Kibera
Parliamentary Candidates debate
and
b.) Interviewed all political candidates
on camera about their commitments
and promises.

Community engagement
a.) Regular community screening
forums where short films were
watched and debated by
participants.
b.) Feed back forums where data and
blog stories are shared offline to
invited community members and
leaders.
c.) Map printing and distribution to
organizations and agencies that
need them.
d.) Map painting on community walls
and open spaces.

Collaborations
Map Kibera collaborated with
the Uchaguzi elections
Monitoring project and
Ushahidi.
a.) Sharing workspaces

b.) Verifying information
together and working with
each other’s sources.
c.) Sharing data-bases of
Humanitarian intervention
institutions/agencies

Success stories
• Map Kibera’s Security maps used
by Police and Peace builders to
enhance security and promote peace
in the local neighborhoods.
Printed Maps were distributed to the
Police, The local administration and
the District Peace Committees in
both locations.

• Map Kibera successfully used its
methodology and tools to monitor the
2013 general elections in Kibera,
Mathare and partially in Mukuru slums
reducing likelihood of violence to almost
zero in these election hotspot locations.

• Since Map Kibera began focusing on
dangerous or ‘black spots’ and mapping
them in Kibera and Mathare, New police
posts have been constructed in
response.

• Kibera and Mathare slums are now open
more open and accessible than before.
Generated map data has made
development agencies and devolved
government committees enhance their
intervention approaches to minimize
duplication of projects and design more
relevant interventions.

• Several agencies, researchers and
organizations continue to approach Map
Kibera for more data on various
thematic subjects covered by Map
Kibera’s mapping.

“Your maps have saved my life,
You should do this allover the country!”
Kilimani Police Station OCPD on receiving a
copy of the new elections map in Kibera.
February 2013.

CONTACT US
Email: contact@mapkibera.org
www.voiceofkibera.org
www.voiceofmathare.org
www.voiceofmukuru.org

www.mapkibera.org

Carlos Castillo
@ChaToX @QatarComputing

AIDR: Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Response

http://aidr.qcri.org/

Goal: to sort tweets into different categories in real-time



How do you classify 200+
tweets/minute?
Option 1: process what you can



How do you classify 200+
tweets/minute?
Option 2: lists of keywords
“Disaster” or “Damage” or …
or “Bridge” but not “Game”
or … “Donation” and “Money”
but not … or “Missing
person” or “Missing people”
or “Missing” and “child” …
and “Tornado alert” and
“Tsunami alert” and … and
… or … and … but not …


Artificial Intelligence

…
…

…
Supervised
Learning

Supervised Learning
• Label a small number of tweets
– Crowdsourcing

• Convert tweets to numerical vectors
– Feature extraction: not seen by the user

• Create a mathematical model of each class
– Statistical learning: not seen by the user

• Automatically categorize new elements
– Output to be used by maps, reports, etc.


Supervised learning for Twitter



Challenges
• Effectiveness and generality
– Classify accurately for each crisis
– Work well across crises

• Easy to use!



Free and open source software ∙ Implements supervised learning for disaster-related
tweets ∙ Easy to use through a web-based interface ∙ Available for beta-testing ∙ As most
systems it may perform poorly or not at all during the testing phase ∙ Free and open
source software ∙ Implements supervised learning for disaster-related tweets ∙ Easy to
use through a web-based interface ∙ Available for beta-testing ∙ As most systems it will
perform poorly or not at all during the testing phase ∙ Free and open source software ∙
Implements supervised learning for disaster-related tweets ∙ Easy to use through a webbased interface ∙ Available for beta-testing ∙ As most systems it will perform poorly or not
at all during the testing phase ∙ Free and open source software ∙ Implements supervised
learning for disaster-related tweets ∙ Easy to use through a web-based interface ∙
Available for beta-testing ∙ As most systems it will perform poorly or not at all during the
testing phase ∙ Free and open source software ∙ Implements supervised learning for
disaster-related tweets ∙ Easy to use through a web-based interface ∙ Available for betatesting ∙ As most systems it will perform poorly or not at all during the testing phase ∙
systems it will perform poorly or not at all during the testing phase ∙ Free and open
Implements supervised learning for disaster-related tweets ∙ All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy ∙ Easy to use through a web-based interface ∙ Available for beta-testing ∙
As most systems it might go bananas or stop working during the testing phase ∙ Free
and open source software ∙ Implements supervised learning for disaster-related tweets

Collector: easily create
Twitter collection
processes by geographical
coordinates, keywords or
#hashtags.

Changes to keywords or geo region are stored for future reference.



Tagger: easily create
automatic classifiers for
your collection. Each
classifier has its own set
of categories.


1

2

You can ask volunteers to
provide training labels 1
, or create them yourself 2
.


Clickers:
AIDR automatically creates a publicly-visible landing page for volunteers.


This is what volunteers see: one tweet after another, with a
series of options. Tweets to classify are selected by AIDR to
maximize accuracy gains.



Behind the scenes, AIDR learns words and how to use them to
classify tweets, e.g. “katyperry” => ~no, “secrecy” => ~yes, etc.



Experiments



Output
• Export to .csv from the Collector
– For off-line analysis

• Live data feed in JSON format
– For creating crisis maps, reports, etc.



Example application: Crisis Tracker



tweets ∙ Easy to useto the AIDR team: Muhammad Imran, Jakob∙ As most
Thanks through a web-based interface ∙ Available for beta-testing
systems it may perform poorly or not at all during the testing phase ∙ Free and open
Rogstadious, Ji Lucas & Patrick Meier. Qatar Computing
Research Institute.
Implements supervised learning for disaster-related tweets ∙ Easy to use through a webbased interface ∙ Available for beta-testing ∙ As most systems it will perform poorly or not
at all during the testing phase ∙ Free and open source software ∙ Implements supervised
learning for disaster-related tweets ∙ Easy to use through a web-based interface ∙
Available for beta-testing ∙ As most systems it will perform poorly or not at all during the
testing phase ∙ Free and open source software ∙ Implements supervised learning for
disaster-related tweets ∙ Easy to use through a web-based interface ∙ Available for betatesting ∙ As most systems it will perform poorly or not at all during the testing phase ∙
systems it will perform poorly or not at all during the testing phase ∙ Free and open
Implements supervised learning for disaster-related tweets ∙ All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy ∙ Easy to use through a web-based interface ∙ Available for beta-testing ∙
As most systems it might go bananas or stop working during the testing phase ∙ Free
and open source software ∙ Implements supervised learning for disaster-related tweets

MicroMappers.com

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VOLUNTEERS
A HUGE SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU

PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL OR SMS TO AT LEAST ONE OF YOUR
VOLUNTERERS AND SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO
AND FOR WHO YOU ARE!!

Thank you for participating in
ICCM 2013!

CrisisMappers 2013

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