Super interesting, Jorieke.

Some thoughts…

When people prefer to stay off the map, for fear of eviction for example… Do they know in what ways a map would be beneficial? What if there is repeated cholera outbreaks in that slum? What if there is a high risk of fire? How well can/do NGOs explain the positive impact that mapping might have? Should organisations in this case just map privately for these purposes and keep the data closed?

On the excellent table you have made, for me there is a column missing… This one says ‘Local OSM community in collaboration with a global, remote community’. If these two can work in tandem, with each group playing to their strengths and feeding back to one another, they would surely be greater than the sum of their parts. And, I mean this not just at the time of a major emergency but as something sustained. With Missing Maps, we are starting to seed some collaborations like this at the moment and it is a very interesting process! Nothing to report yet, but hopefully not too long…..

Great piece ;)

Whoooah! How did you find that so fast, Russ??

Great post, but I should say that credit for the Haiti drone / camera work goes to the red Cross, not MSF!

Mapillary sequences would be amazing. We have done a low tech version of this, where we scour for images of the place to be traced and then link a pinterest board from the task, so mappers can get some sense of how imagery and what the ploace actually looks like link up.

If you need any support with the Missing Maps stuff, give us a shout…!

Pete