Catalogue
:00 Contents
01: Apps Development
02: Maps
03: Platforms
04: Reports
05: Contact, Organize, Coordinate
06: Data
07: Physical Deployments
08: Translation/Interpretation
:01 Apps
Development
Small, specialized programs downloadable on computers and
mobile devices designed to support humanitarian activities.
“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” -‐Marshall McLuhan “It’s best to have your tools with you. If you don’t, you’re apt to find something you didn’t expect and get discouraged.” -‐Stephen King “This is not about tinkering at the edges; this is about devising, living and experiencing a new model of innovation that is fit for the twenty-‐first century.” -‐Don Tapscott
Apps
Description
Humanitarian Information
Review and Analysis (HIRA)
Developed for the Nepal Earthquake response,
the Humanitarian Information Review and
Analysis (HIRA) app stores response reports that
are sortable by location/status/sector/date. It
also stores sources, definitions and locations
relevant to the response.
Person Finder
Unified missing persons database, exchange
format and simple user interface for re
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connecting loved ones after a disaster.
Services Advisor
Facilitates information sharing about the
humanitarian services available refugees
impacted by the crisis in Syria and allows aid
agencies and governments to transparently
communicate about available services to the
refugee community.
:01 Apps
Development
Traffic Tracker
To monitor traffic in disaster affected areas
towards optimizing the routing / delivery of
humanitarian aid.
Sahana
Open source disaster management software
with modules that can be customized to meet
specific workflow and information management
needs.
Samples^Services Advisor (Peace Geeks)
Visualization with data pulled from the HIRA app, done by a UNHCR staff member: http://data.unhcr.org/hira ^ Entries view of the HIRA App online
:02 Maps
Diagrammatic representations of physical features, cities,
roads and more. DHN members create maps connecting key
indicators for humanitarian response to geospatial
information of the affected area.
“If geography is prose, maps are iconography.”
-‐ Lennart Meri
“We’re all pilgrims on the same journey – but some pilgrims have better road maps.”
-‐ Nelson DeMille
Map Type
Description
Affected Areas
Geographic locations (districts, settlements,
etc.) experiencing damages and/or social
impacts.
Camp Coordination and Camp
Management
Geographic locations areas providing access to
services and protection for displaced persons
Static (printable maps for
distribution in the field and
use in presentations/
communications)
Dynamic/Interactive
(online
maps with active features and
live updates)
:02 Maps
Cellular Networks
Map of mobile phone use to identify
movement patterns and relative distributions
of flows across a country of affected region.
Population estimates calculated by combining
de-‐identified data on SIM card movements
with available population data.
Crisis
Real-‐time gathering, display and analysis of
data during a crisis, usually a natural disaster
or social/political conflict (violence, elections,
etc.).
Damage
Geographic locations of physical damage.
Digital Basemap
Map produced by accessing imagery and
adding to the basemap data of <country or
region of response> through digitisation from
this imagery. This includes adding / revising the
data to include the airports, the road network,
the settlements and individual buildings.
Information available from the <country>
government and participation of people with
knowledge of <country or region> helps revise
the basemap for the major infrastructures. The
basemap also helps to identify emergency
shelters, helicopter landing areas, and pre-‐
disaster building footprints.
Distribution Areas
Geographic locations providing resources to
affected populations.
Humanitarian Coordination
Geographic locations of distribution hubs,
coordination zones, settlements, districts and
village development communities.
Logistics
Geographic locations of field responders,
resources and coordinators identifying key
information for efficient operations.
:02 Maps
Needs
Geographic locations where help or resources
are required.
Population Statistics
Geographic locations linked to census
information, patterns of settlement of a
population, composition, reproduction,
migration and socioeconomic characteristics.
Refugee Camps & Internally
Displaced Persons
Geographic locations of temporary settlements
for displaced persons.
Roads
Geographic locations of accessible roadways
and roadblocks.
Services
Geographic locations of humanitarian,
government and/or private entities provided
resources and/or programming for affected
populations.
Social Media Early Indicators
A
live map containing both a high level
indication of potential areas (islands)
impacte
d, and also allows interactive zooming
with pop-‐ups containing summaries of impacts
based on whether reports had been received
indicating deaths, disease, injuries, food/water
needs, and then an overall ‘Status’ as to
whether the area was therefore impacted.
USAR
Urban Search and Rescue. Geographic divisions
of responsible areas for search & rescue
missions.
:02 Maps
Samples SHEFA TAFEA SANMA MALAMPA PENAMA TORBA Santo Malekula Efate Epi Tanna Erromango Ambrym Ambae Gaua Pentecost Maewo Malo Vanua Lava Aneityum Hiu Aore Emae Tongoa Tegua Moso Paama Nguna Toga Ureparapara Mota Lava Port Vila Mere Lava Furuna Aese Aniwa Emau Lelepa Lathi (Sakao) Tongariki Uri Araki Thion Lataro Maskeylenes Vao Tomman Makira Rano Mataso Lamen Reef Merig Laika Namuka Inyeuc VETEMANU Porlamb Raunampa KwetenwulSources: Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
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Map developed by information provided by Humanitary Road and created by GIS Corps Live map can be found at: http://arcg.is/1xRyfZ2 This map updated as of 3/22/2015 DISCLAIMER: The data presented on this website and its maps have been drawn from a variety of sources, including social media, and are presented without charge by Humanity Road, Inc., a nonprofit organization. Due to the nature of the underlying data and the circumstances under which they are collected and presented, this website and its maps cannot be considered definitive and may not fully or accurately represent the situation that actually exists. Those using this website and its maps do so in recognition of these
Humanity Road Social Media Early Indications Map
Static (printable maps for
distribution in the field and
use in
presentations/
communications)
Dynamic/Interactive
(online
maps with active features and
live updates)
^ Damage to Government Buildings Map
^ Reported IDP Camp Density & Counts by Ward
^ Early Indicators in Social Media
^ QuakeMap
^ Mean Precipitation
^ Story Map
^ Population Census merged with Admin 4 in Nepal
:03 Platforms
Existing products from DHN members provided to the
humanitarian community to leverage during times of disaster
or emergency.
-‐ “Multiple platforms are essential in reaching an increasingly digital audience.”
-‐ Jesus Chavarria
“Platforms will change and shift. What goes in them are stories.”
-‐ Wendy Clark
-‐ “Audiences are shifting. Platforms are shifting. Ages are shifting. It’s better to be in charge of change than to have to react to change.”
-‐ Roger Ailes
Platform
Description
3W Dashboard
Interactive platform showing who is doing what,
where for a given response. Produced using the
combined forces of SBTF and HDX.
Crisis Maps
Online mapping platforms to track response
efforts, including ESRI Arc GIS Online, Google
Crisis Maps, Ushahidi, and Humanitarian Open
Street Map.
Humanitarian Dashboard
Online platform to store and share documents,
datasets, maps, and other materials to support
humanitarian response. These platforms can be
designed for open sharing across all
humanitarian actors, or privately between
groups. Available through members like Help
:03 Platforms
Sahana
Open Source
Disaster Management
Platform
Sahana is an open source framework to rapidly
build powerful applications to support disaster
mitigation, preparedness, response and
recovery. It provides
a flexible humanitarian
platform with a rich feature set which can be
rapidly customized to adapt to existing processes
and
integrate with existing systems to provide
effective solutions for critical humanitarian
needs management either prior to or during a
crisis.
Website
DHN Members can produce a variety of other
websites depending on needs.
Samples ^ Crisis Maps
^ Sahana Eden Open Source Disaster Management Platform
^ 3W Dashboard
Zoom in to see activities by area
:04 Reports
Detailed examinations of indicators, compilations of events
and useful information, contextualized imagery from satellite
and other aerial vehicles, recurring updates of response
outcomes and information gaps.
“Among various aspects of Disaster Management, ‘communication’ is one of the most critical requirement. The word ‘communicate’ implies conveying of thoughts, ideas, warnings, instructions, orders, command, knowledge and information.”
-‐ Mauli Joshi
Report Type
Description
3W (Who is doing What,
Where)
Outlines operational presence by sector within
an emergency.
Crisis Updates
Recurrent notifications of key information
during a response.
Geographical Profile
Detailed examination of
geographic indicators.
Can be collected at various levels, from country
to community.
Media
Compilation of
events and useful information
from news outlets.
Remote Sensing
Contextualized imagery from satellite or high
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flying aircraft in order to obtain key geographic
information.
Situation Report
Recurring report which records and describes
the daily outcomes, needs and information gaps
during a response.
:04 Reports
Samples
:05
Contact, Organize,
Coordinate
Keeping the communication lines open, the DHN
members
manage critical human aspects of humanitarian
response, enable communication, and facilitate strategic
partnerships.
“People on the receiving end of our assistance are rarely, if even, consulted on what they need…”
-‐ DfID, Humanitarian Emergency Response Review
“From our viewpoint, [Skype groups] has dramatically improved the sharing of GIS data and the communication between organisations... We have seen collaboration and the sharing of data and capabilities between divergent organizations, geographies and time zones because of the forums and conversations facilitated by this.”
-‐ British Red Cross
Contact, Organize,
Coordinate
Description
Contacts Management
Software programs or group of individuals
that
enable users to easily store and find contact
information.
Facilitate Links Between
Response Groups
Identify and facilitate strategic partners
between digital responders, field and
government.
Skype Groups
Establishing Skype groups of all the key actors
responding to an emergency or disaster
situation
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Contact, Organize,
Coordinate
Surge Support
Surge support resources take many forms
including social media monitoring,
input to
planning, reports, daily missions and maps
including potentially underserved locations and
medical
needs.
Available through members like
Humanity Road.
:06 Data
Information is key for a well
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planned, well
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implemented
response. Mechanisms to identify, collate, clean, input, tag,
and analyse of data from country and community levels, in
multiple formats. The data possibilities are endless, so while
DHN Members help fill information gaps, they also work
against information overload.
“Never has it been to easy to expose an error, check a fact, crowdsource and bring technology to bear in service of verification.”
-‐ Craig Silverman
“People are struggling to manage increasing amounts of information.”
-‐ UN OCHA, Humanitarianism in the Network Age
Data
Description
Collect Operational
Information
The action or process of identifying and
collating useful information for humanitarian
response, online and onsite. Open sharing tools
like Google Docs and Google Sheets are highly
utilized for collaborative working.
Data Entry
Inputting information
into existing or new
databases.
:06 Data
Data Scramble
The process of identifying data required for
response/operations in the first 72 hours of an
emergency. The first step is an investigation of
available information and datasets.
Geolocation
Identifying geog
raphic locations of banks,
bridges, hospitals and more.
Photo Analysis
Identifying pictures and videos of damage,
flooding and more. Also includes satellite
imagery analysis and geotagging pictures to
make approximate maps.
Statistical Analysis
A collection of methods used to process large
amounts of data and report overall trends.
Particularly useful when dealing with noisy data
and provides ways to objectively report on
events.
Statistical Cleaning
The process of detecting, correcting or
removing corrupt or inaccurate records from a
record set, table or database.
Visualization
Graphical representations of information.
Collect Operational Information
:06 Data
Geolocation^ For example, Standby Task Force and GIS Corps produced used geolocation to produce this map of Urgent Needs by Category for Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
:06 Data
Photo Analysis Visualization^ For example, Standby Task Force (SBTF) and GIS Corps produced a map after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines using a selection of photos from Twitter, Facebook, news articles, and other websites curated using the MicroMapper platform. The locations are approximate and more photos and information are currently being mapped and categorized by the GIS Corps.
See Ebola cases over time by clicking and dragging the timeline
^ For example, Statistics Without Borders collaborated with NetHope and HDX to make a data visualization of Ebola Cases Jan 2014 – Feb 2015
:07 Physical
Deployments
Technical personnel deployed to the affected area for on
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the
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ground support.
“Many hands make for light work.”
-‐ Idiom
Physical
Deployments
Description
Emergency
Telecommunications
The action or process of identifying and
collating useful information
for humanitarian
response, online and onsite.
Onsite GIS Staff
Technical personnel with expertise in
geographic information systems deployed to
assist in onsite mapping efforts.
Onsite Information
Management
Technical personnel within the affected area
on data management, analysis, infographics,
contacts management and more.
:08
Translation/
Interpretation
Language services to convert documents and spoken words
from one language to another.
“Access to information is critical. Language barriers cost lives.”
-‐ Translators Without Borders
“Without translation, we would be living in provinces bordering on silence.”
-‐ George Stelner
Language Service
Description
Document Translation
Conversion of documents and other materials
from one language to another.
Onsite Interpretation
Conversion of spoken conversations from one
language to another, conducted face-‐to-‐face.
Over-‐the-‐
Phone
Interpretation
Conversion of spoken conversations from one
language to another, conducted over-‐
the
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phone.
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Last Updated: July 13, 2015
