Haiti Resources
We are actively working with other communities such as OpenStreetMap, CrisisCommons and Ushahidi,which are gathering additional data and maps to be shared with responders and agencies working to organize and provide relief efforts.
As part of our effort to contribute to the humanitarian efforts in Haiti after the disastrous earthquake and to spread awareness of the current situation there, we have put together a news
dashboard with the latest volunteered and official source data.
Haiti News Dashboard
http://news.geocommons.com/haitiquake
Haiti Data sets
http://finder.geocommons.com/search?query=haitiquake
Feel free to contribute your own data to the mapping platform and tag it "haitiquake"
Haiti Maps
http://maker.geocommons.com/searches?query=haitiquake
"I personally like the power of location information and how it helps people. Knowing where you are and what's around you is powerful; that's something that I'm passionate about" said Kate Chapman, 30, a programmer with the company, who led a workshop on digital mapping. What happened today is more about next week and two weeks from now. Right now people are moving rocks, and there's not much they can do with this. But in the next couple of weeks, it's about finding their way home." The Washington Post, Quake Mobilizes D.C. Area to Help Haiti, January 21, 2010
See Coverage of our Work
The New York Times, Digital Help for Haiti, January, 27, 2010
The Washington Post, Quake Mobilizes D.C. Area to Help Haiti, January 21, 2010
The Washington Business Journal, Fortius Geospatial Review Maps Earthquake Damage in Haiti, January 13, 2010
ABC News, Local Tech Company Helps Volunteers in Haiti, January 14, 2010
The Washington Post, Searching the Haiti Disaster Zone from Thousands of Miles Away, January 16, 2010
InformationWeek,Google Earth Gets Haiti Earthquake Imagery, January 14, 2010
Federal News Radio, Interview with the company CTO, the chief technologist. Listen Here Unconference Prticipants Develop Tools to Help Haitians, January 19, 2010
DoD Buzz, U-2 Flights Likely Over Haiti; Predator May Go, January 14, 2010
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