Crowdsource Mapping: The #Abuja MapUp Participatory Approach

SEMINAR PRESENTATION :UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG, GERMANY

OLUDOTUN BABAYEMI

INFORMATION ANALYST, CLONESHOUSE NIGERIA

OLUDOTUNBABAYEMI@CLONESHOUSE.COMhttp://bit.ly/oludotun

Share your knowledge…Change your world…One Map at a Time…Its Starts here!

First Responders

Crowdsourcing

(Crisismappers)

Geo-Spatial Data

Google Maps, OpenStreetMaps, ARCGIS, Cadastral Maps, CBERS, etc

Categorization

Community members, Field Workers

(Monitors)

Red Cross, OCHA, WHO, FAO etc

Analysis/VerificationLocal Emergency

Managers

Participatory mapping cycle for social change

THE “WHERE” CLOUD ????

ARE PEOPLE GETTING CONNECTED, MORE THAN EVER ?

icons by UNOCHA

http://www.voanews.com/content/nigerian-activists-google-map-capital-city-abuja/1591551.html

https://sites.google.com/site/abujamapup/

OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, NGOS, PRIVATE ORGS, YOUTHS, STUDENTS

1 DAY TRAINING

4 DAYS OF INTENSE MAPPING

1 DAY ICE BREAKER ;)

COORDINATION BY EMAIL , TWITTER AND SMS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBTwGDV-ZuM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6_dfUbrCME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYH0_s9eBb8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NFNyJ9nbZ8

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http://mapmaker.google.com or http://google.com/mapmaker

Single account access

Add |Edit |Browse|Review

OVER 5 MILLION MILES IN 3,000+ CITIES

SWITCH BETWEEN MAPS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY

“SATELLITE IMAGERIES MAKE YOU WOW AND BEST FOR GROUND TRUTHS”

---CHALLENGE : BANDWIDTH!---

Add Schools, Pubs, Roads, Buildings, Natural features

THOUSANDS OF INTEREST COULD BE ADDED

CAUTION: THEY ARE REVIEWED BY NEIGBOURS AND

CERTIFIED REVIEWERS BEFORE APPROVAL!

Edit Roads, Points of interests, road segments and intersections

POLYGON SHAPES TO ADD BUILDING BOUNDARIES

Browse places, line features, and edited points

NEW FEATURE ON MAP MAKER : TRACKING CHANGES IN YOUR

NEIGHBORHOODS ( PEOPLE MAPPING WITHIN YOUR AREA OF INTEREST )

LAYERS THAT DEPENDS ON PARTICIPATORY MAPPING

Opportunities in Crowdsourcing

www.crisismappers.netwww.openstreetmaps.orgwww.tomnod.comwww.crisiscommons.comwww.standbytaskforce.comwww.google.com/mapmakerwww.humanityroad.orgwww.ushahidi.comwww.digitalhumanitarians.com

Danke!

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