Red Cross: Changing the World, One Map at a Time

Changing the World

One Map at a Time @patrickmeier

1914

The First World War

“To satisfy the public’s desire for information about the war, newspapers published war maps that provided the locations and military capabilities of the warring nations”

2008@patrickmeier

500,000 people displaced

“Having a real-time map, complete with satellite photos, of where everyone is at any one

moment is almost as good as having your own helicopter”

2010@patrickmeier

7.0 Magnitude Earthquake

Credit: Rob Munro

“[We are] using your project every second of the day to get aid and assistance to the people that

need it most”

2011@patrickmeier

Mass atrocities in Libya

www.CrisisMappers.net

Standby Volunteer Task Force

AnalysisGeo-LocationHumanitarianMediaReportsSatelliteSMSTaskTechnologyTranslationVerification

www.CrisisMappers.net

http://blog.StandbyTaskforce.com

Join@StandbyTaskforce.com

Millions join the protests

“We use Facebook to schedule protests, Twitter to coordinate and

YouTube to tell the world.”

Horror in the Horn of Africa

Saving Somalia

Saving Somalia

2012@patrickmeier

Technology is only 10%

of the solution

Thank you!patrick@iRevolution.net

Blog: iRevolution.net