If Resiliency Maps has one big idea, it’s to get you looking differently at your surroundings. Recently, I gave a lightning talk at FOSDEM 2023 about getting… Read more “How to sharpen your emergency eyes with OpenStreetMap ”
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Null Island Welcomes You with NFTs
If you’ve tried to travel recently – i.e. escape the misery of disasters near and far – you know how complicated it is. More restrictions, more tests,… Read more “Null Island Welcomes You with NFTs”
Takeaways from Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week 2020
GENEVA — Over 2,000 experts from around the world, NGOs, governments, regional organizations, private sector and the UN, met up here to talk preparedness and response. We… Read more “Takeaways from Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week 2020”
Takeaways from State of the Map US 2019
MINNEAPOLIS — Spend enough time numbing your nates at tech conference keynotes and you’ll notice a few patterns. Start with a folksy approach. Sure there are hundreds… Read more “Takeaways from State of the Map US 2019”
Takeaways from the Earthquake Safety Fair: Map literacy and the value of paper
SAN FRANCISCO — In the tech capital of the country, we’re promoting the use of paper maps. It sounds like a Luddite proposition but was a great… Read more “Takeaways from the Earthquake Safety Fair: Map literacy and the value of paper”
UN report calls OpenStreetMap “foundational” to disaster risk reduction
GENEVA — Some 4,000 people came from Canada to Vanuatu to figure out how to save lives and rebuild communities in the wake of floods, earthquakes, landslides… Read more “UN report calls OpenStreetMap “foundational” to disaster risk reduction”
Teaching kids disaster prep with Lego maps
GENEVA — Floods, earthquakes and landslides are definitely scary. So how do you make preparing for a life-threatening disaster child’s play? Just add Legos. A lot of… Read more “Teaching kids disaster prep with Lego maps”
Three takeaways from Free and Open Source Software For Geospatial North America 2019
SAN DIEGO, CA — Here are some quick takeaways after two days racing around a shoreline conference center in this sunny city at my first FOSS4G-NA. So… Read more “Three takeaways from Free and Open Source Software For Geospatial North America 2019”