by Doug Eamer, Global Map Aid Director

1. BCS 2012
Mapping - for Solutions to Poverty
Doug Eamer
Global Map Aid Director
Registered as a Charitable Company both in UK and
USA. State of California: 2548558. UK: 06577773

2. Who we are: purpose and leadership
Partners:
Global MapAid
Dedicated to providing Mapping for Solutions to Poverty
Patron: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“The needs and solutions of climate change and
global poverty both urgently need to be mapped.”
Founder: Rupert Douglas-Bate
“‘An organisation is only as good as it’s people - and that
includes the leadership.”
Registered as a Charitable Company both in UK and
USA. State of California: 2548558. UK: 06577773

3. Who we are: our stakeholders
“The poor”
Aid workers
Donors
Media
Planet Earth!
Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University
Registered as a Charitable Company both in UK and
USA. State of California: 2548558. UK: 06577773

4. Who we are: value proposition
To deliver the right maps at the right time, to the
right place, to all Customers USING LOCAL teams.
3. Map distribution after
Hurricane Katrina
1. Evaluation Mission
in Pakistan
2. Training in Indonesia

5. Case Study: Small businesses in Kosovo
APRIL 2000 NOVEMBER 2000

6. Current Project: UK Poverty Maps
1. Poverty Maps of London
2. UK Poverty maps
 Unemployment & opportunity for
vocational training are important factors
 Unemployment relates to people 18-64 years
 University Education excluded
 Assumed vocational training courses
average 6months duration
Registered as a Charitable Company both in UK and
USA. State of California: 2548558. UK: 06577773

7. Charles Booth Poverty Map 1889

8. London Map: Unemployment

9. London Map: Vocational Training Places

10. London Map: Unemployment hotspot

11. London Map: Lack of Vocational Places

12. London Map: combined assessment

13. London Gangs Maps
NORTH LONDON
GANGS
Tottenham
Lewisham
SOUTH LONDON
GANGS
http://londonstreetgangs.com

14. London Map: Poverty fuels Crime

15. The Way Forward
 Complete UK Poverty Maps
 Initiate new projects – Zimbabwe? Egypt?
………..but we need….
Web Map Developers
Adobe Flash/Flex experts
Crowd Sources!
Registered as a Charitable Company both in UK and
USA. State of California: 2548558. UK: 06577773