I had this presentation set on "loop" at last week's NetSquared mashup challenge in California (which we won). Makes more sense if someone talks to it, but you'll get the idea.
5. In January of 2008 there was a disputed election in
Kenya. The incumbent claimed a win and, due to
gross irregularities, the opposition refused to accept
the results.
What started out as a political fracas quickly devolved
down ethnic lines. Government forces and civilians
battled it out in the urban slums and rural Kenya.
A media blackout was created and only non-
traditional media was in operation...
and cell phones.
7. Our Goals
• Create a way for everyday Kenyans to report
incidents of violence that they saw
• Create an archive of news and reports around
those same events
• Show where the majority of the violence was
happening
13. Media Hits
100
blog posts in week #1
350
blog posts by week #3
14. Ingredients Needed
(to get it up in record time)
• Connector
• Champion
• Passionate developers
• Collaboration
• Technical Expertise
• Volunteers
15. To Really Get Cooking
(we still need)
• Data gathering - on the ground
• Fear of contradicting government statistics
• Wrestling with verification
• Ability to answer the “why?” question
• Stretched resources - we all wear other hats
21. Ushahidi (v2)
Using what we’ve learned to fulfill our primary
goals:
1. Create a free, open source and easy tool to
get crowdsourced crisis information
2. Help non-profits gather data and visualize
that data in multiple ways
22. Data Types Input Methods Output Methods
Citizen
Generated Map
News Media SMS Timeline
Email
Web form
NGO data API SMS Alerts
Ushahidi
RSS Crisis Mapping
Government MMS Engine RSS
Public APIs Email
Flickr
YouTube
Twitter
23. from PHP experts to mapping gurus,
we need YOUR help with:
• SMS alerts
• Time visualization
• Mapping infrastucture
• Missing persons index
• Bandwidth issues
• ... and many more fun challenges!