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Humanitarian Mapping

This program will utilize Open Street Map to map features
Presented by: Thomas R. Mueller, Ph.D., GISP, and Advisor: Geography Major with GIS and Emergency Management Concentration, Co-Director: Pennsylvania View, Department of Earth Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania. ​
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Disaster-Relief Robotics in Nepal | Patrick Meier | TEDxBerlin

Dr. Patrick Meier is an internationally recognized expert on Humanitarian Technology. In 2015, he spearheaded the Bank’s post-disaster UAV mission in response to a Category 5 Cyclone in the Pacific. He was subsequently invited by the UN to coordinate UAV teams responding to the Nepal Earthquakes. He later conducted a joint disaster recovery UAV Mission in Nepal to support rebuilding and preparedness efforts.Patrick is the Executive Director of WeRobotics and the founder of the Humanitarian UAV Network (UAViators). 
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Digital Humanitarianism | Paul Conneally | TEDxRC2

The disastrous earthquake in Haiti taught humanitarian groups an unexpected lesson: the power of mobile devices to coordinate, inform, and guide relief efforts. At TEDxRC2, Paul Conneally shows extraordinary examples of social media and other new technologies becoming central to humanitarian aid.
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The Power of SM | Laura Walker Hudson

Laura Walker Hudson gives a tutorial on the power of SMS around the world.
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NEED TO KNOW | Crisis Mappers | PBS

​Mobile technology helps disaster victims worldwide. A breakthrough technology that uses cell phones to aid people in disasters is now being used to help victims of the tornadoes in the Midwest, the earthquake in Japan and the unrest in the Middle East.
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 Ushahidi

Juliana Rotich, programme director at Ushahidi, introduces the organisation's work.
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Satellite Sentinel Project's Innovative Approach to Conflict Monitoring | Al Jazeera English

​In an in-depth report, Al Jazeera English highlighted the Satellite Sentinel Project's unprecedented imagery of on-the-ground developments in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan.
To learn more about the Satellite Sentinel Project's innovative approach to conflict monitoring, visit www.SatSentinel.org.
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Open Street Map and Buildings 

Learn to Map Buildings and Roads. A short tutorial on utilizing OSM.
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InaSAFE 4.0 

A promotional video on InaSAFE version 4.0.
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A short walk through of the InaSAFE QGIS plugin.
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