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CRISIS MAPPING [1 record]

Record 1 2021-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • News and Journalism
CONT

Crisis mapping has been an inspiring example of community-led open innovation applied to big problems. Leveraging both technology and crowd sourcing, passionate participants have been able to provide detailed real time information in places of crisis, where insights about people and conditions are in short supply.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Information et journalisme
CONT

La cartographie de crise est une forme particulière de la cartographie participative consistant à réunir un nombre important de cartographes amateurs volontaires pour cartographier en temps réel la situation d'une région du monde en crise, en particulier en cas de catastrophe naturelle, mais aussi en cas de conflit.

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