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WORLD MEDICAL & HEALTH POLICY
Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 7-33Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.2202/1948-4682.1069
Keywords
Haiti; OpenStreetMap; Ushahidi; GeoCommons; volunteered geographic information; crowdsourcing
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This paper outlines the ways in which information technologies (ITs) were used in the Haiti relief effort, especially with respect to web-based mapping services. Although there were numerous ways in which this took place, this paper focuses on four in particular: CrisisCamp Haiti, OpenStreetMap, Ushahidi, and GeoCommons. This analysis demonstrates that ITs were a key means through which individuals could make a tangible difference in the work of relief and aid agencies without actually being physically present in Haiti. While not without problems, this effort nevertheless represents a remarkable example of the power and crowdsourced online mapping and the potential for new avenues of interaction between physically distant places that vary tremendously.
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