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WikiMapAid
 WikiMapAid
is a website allowing anyone, anywhere,
to start adding humanitarian data to a global
map, thus 'the wisdom of crowds' will be
able to build a huge humanitarian map, giving
credence to the idea that 'separate we are
blind, but together we shall see.' WikiMapAid
represents an Informal Equal Collaboration
between two groups: a) Global MapAid and
b) Wikinova and the University of Fortaleza
from Brazil and was launched in March 2009
with an article in New Scientist magazine.
To view article, click
here.
The focus is to map poverty crises hot
spots by capturing data about orphanage
programs, drought, disease, food, employment,
education and training and in future a whole
range of other vital humanitarian and environmental
considerations. But to begin with
we are focusing on Zimbabwe. Visit:
www.wikimapaid.org.
Wikinova and the University of Fortaleza
have previously created the excellent site
WikiCrimes.
The site runs BEST on Firefox browser, please
download from www.firefox.com
this is easy and fast.
Please Note: The site is in the 'beta trial
version' so there may be some glitches.
Also the site does not yet have all the
humanitarian symbols we should like (we
call them 'Markers'). However, when you
get to the site, you may Contact Us and
send suggestions and even create potential
Markers and we will consider all the ideas
in good faith.
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GMA
Street Children Pilot-Survey
The aim of this pilot-survey is to map
and record the daily movement and activity
of a selected group of street children,
over a seven day period, in the City of
Port Elizabeth (South Africa). Little is
known about these children, however, it
is a logical starting point to define as
clearly as possible how, where, and why
they live.
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USA & Hurricane Katrina and
Rita 2005
Since arriving on September
7th GMA has defined the type of maps required
as being 'disaster response for the people
returning home' and not 'disaster assessment
maps for the humanitarian decision makers',
which is already being well served by FEMA,
NASA and other agencies. Disaster response
must take into account environmental factors.
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more... |
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Pakistan
Earthquake 2005, 2006
As a result of the terrible
earthquake in northern Pakistan in the autumn
of 2005, where some 70,000 people
died, the board of GMA decided upon an urgent
intervention to review where GMA could help,
particularly if there were 'gaps' in the
current humanitarian mapping.
Read
more... |
Career
Opportunities
Click here to
learn more about the Geo ERV team and the
roles available.
Learn
more about the Geo ERV project.
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Tsunami,
Indonesia 2005
At
the start of 2005 the Board of GMA decided
that humanitarian mapping in Bande Aceh,
N.Sumatra might be helpful.
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more... |
Africa
It is envisaged that
countries most affected by famine in the
southern African region, namely Zimbabwe...
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GMA has recently
brought on board a new Trustee from General
Motors,specialising in logistics and information
management.
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more... |
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Global
MapAid, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, was formed with
the aim of supplying specialist maps
to humanitarian decision makers at all levels, predominantly
in slow onset disasters such as famine, but also when necessary
in rapid onset disasters such as a flood. GMA is intent upon
supporting aid efforts by assisting
in the provision of mapping and corresponding communication
systems for humanitarian organizations. Maps are detailed
of nature and will include population,
food security, AIDS, refugee and famine data.
Feedback
We
realize the work in Indonesia is important, but we must NOT
forget Africa either. This would represent a loss of integrity
on our part. If you strongly feel that your donation should
go to one region rather than another, please notify us by email.
If you would like to follow the serious GMA adventure, and
be added to our emailing list please send us a blank email with
the words 'GMA reporting please' in the subject header and
we will add you to our list. We promise NOT to flood you with
emails.
Thank
you.
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HOW YOU CAN HELP
501(c)3 Angels
click here
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Terms
and Conditions for Donations:
Global MapAid does not normally operate a returns
procedure for donations. However in exceptional circumstances,
at the Board's discretion, donations larger
than US $1000 might be returned. |
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