[HOT] HOT Event May 3rd: Crowdsourcing for Disaster and Humanitarian Response

[Kate Chapman]

Hi All,

Since the HOT board will be together in DC next week we've scheduled a
couple of events.  One is at the Wilson Center next Thursday (see details
below).

We are going to try to UStream the event.  HOT's Channel is available here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hotosm

If that doesn't work we'll upload a video to Youtube later.

Best,

-Kate

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Date: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:05 PM
Subject: [CrisisCommons] Please Share: EVENT MAY 3: Crowdsourcing for
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 *Crowdsourcing for Disaster and Humanitarian Response*

Thursday, May 3, 2012

9:00 – 10:30 AM



*4th Floor Conference Room*

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

One Woodrow Wilson Plaza

1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20004





Free, collaborative maps are uniquely valuable to humanitarian work,
especially in places where base map data is often scarce, out of date, or
rapidly changing. OpenStreetMap is a web project to create a free and open
map of the entire world, built entirely by volunteers surveying with GPS,
digitizing aerial imagery, and collecting and liberating existing public
sources of geographic data. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
serves as a bridge between the OpenStreetMap community and the traditional
Humanitarian Responders.



The cycle of response and preparedness of data work together hand in hand.
Over the past year HOT has worked on the ground in Haiti and Indonesia
while responding to disasters remotely. These methodologies are
complementary and can be utilized to have up to date basemap data both
after a disaster and preparing in areas at risk of one.

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*Moderators*

Kate Chapman - Treasurer, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Nicolas Chavent - Secretary, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team



*Panel Participants*

Board of Directors of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Mikel Maron - President

Schuyler Erle - At Large Member

Harry Wood - At Large Member

John Crowley - Vice President

Dane Springmeyer -Technical Director



This meeting is free and open to the public.* Click here to
RSVP<http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/rsvp?eid=23375&pid=116>
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*Allow time for routine security procedures. A photo ID is required for
entry.  *

For directions to the Wilson Center visit
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/direction<http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions>
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