1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,810 MAPGIVE: DRAWING OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER 2 00:00:03,810 --> 00:00:05,870 Narrator: In 2010, after an earthquake 3 00:00:05,879 --> 00:00:08,678 in Haiti, online volunteers became part 4 00:00:08,678 --> 00:00:10,848 of a movement that is creating a free and 5 00:00:10,848 --> 00:00:12,806 open digital map of the world. 6 00:00:12,806 --> 00:00:14,665 Mikel Maron: In an emergency, you just 7 00:00:14,665 --> 00:00:16,695 need data from wherever you have it. 8 00:00:16,695 --> 00:00:18,565 Justine MacKinnon: “It's important that 9 00:00:18,565 --> 00:00:20,548 the information is open and available to 10 00:00:20,548 --> 00:00:23,121 everyone, because some situations we 11 00:00:23,121 --> 00:00:25,381 don't know it's going to happen 12 00:00:25,381 --> 00:00:27,135 it's a surprise.” 13 00:00:28,115 --> 00:00:30,095 Narrator: “What is Remote Mapping?" 14 00:00:30,143 --> 00:00:31,867 Shadrock Roberts: “Remote mapping is 15 00:00:31,867 --> 00:00:33,797 sort of an interesting new phenomena 16 00:00:33,797 --> 00:00:36,077 that's happened probably since about 2010. 17 00:00:36,077 --> 00:00:38,681 In Haiti, we saw a real push of 18 00:00:38,681 --> 00:00:40,821 volunteers on-line to help create map data 19 00:00:40,821 --> 00:00:42,821 where none existed before.” 20 00:00:42,821 --> 00:00:44,729 Narrator: “Map data helps humanitarian 21 00:00:44,729 --> 00:00:47,029 efforts; not just in a crisis. 22 00:00:47,029 --> 00:00:49,285 It helps communities like Kibera in 23 00:00:49,285 --> 00:00:51,215 Nairobi, Kenya prepare, develop, and 24 00:00:51,215 --> 00:00:53,605 respond to needs at the local level. 25 00:00:53,605 --> 00:00:55,285 It's a big job and not every place 26 00:00:55,285 --> 00:00:57,513 is mapped like we may believe. 27 00:00:57,513 --> 00:00:59,477 Kepha Ngito: “Developing or establishing 28 00:00:59,477 --> 00:01:02,627 data is a very huge step in kicking off 29 00:01:02,627 --> 00:01:04,497 the process of changing things, 30 00:01:04,497 --> 00:01:05,627 and that is the point 31 00:01:05,627 --> 00:01:07,577 at which the maps become very useful.” 32 00:01:07,577 --> 00:01:09,537 Dale Kunce: “When the typhoon happened we 33 00:01:09,537 --> 00:01:11,409 realized there were no good maps of the 34 00:01:11,409 --> 00:01:13,368 Philippines. That there needed to be maps 35 00:01:13,368 --> 00:01:15,308 so that our personnel would know where to 36 00:01:15,308 --> 00:01:17,148 go and what they would find when they 37 00:01:17,148 --> 00:01:18,858 got there. So we partnered with the 38 00:01:18,858 --> 00:01:20,733 Humanitarian OpenStreetMap team to help 39 00:01:20,733 --> 00:01:22,363 them and help us build out a base 40 00:01:22,363 --> 00:01:23,633 map of the Philippines. 41 00:01:23,633 --> 00:01:25,273 Narrator: “Think of OpenStreetMap 42 00:01:25,273 --> 00:01:26,562 as Wikipedia for maps.” 43 00:01:26,562 --> 00:01:28,092 Mikel Maron: “OpenStreetMap is a 44 00:01:28,092 --> 00:01:30,531 free and open map of the entire world. 45 00:01:30,531 --> 00:01:32,711 It's primarily edited by volunteers. 46 00:01:32,711 --> 00:01:34,720 We create everything in the commons it's 47 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,320 completely open and available for 48 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:38,250 anyone to contribute and anyone to use.” 49 00:01:38,250 --> 00:01:39,951 Narrator: “How do volunteers help?” 50 00:01:39,951 --> 00:01:41,583 Shadrock Roberts: “The way that a 51 00:01:41,583 --> 00:01:43,343 volunteer can help is by looking at 52 00:01:43,343 --> 00:01:45,073 satellite imagery and picking out 53 00:01:45,073 --> 00:01:47,163 different predefined objects and saying OK 54 00:01:47,163 --> 00:01:49,939 I can see a house, I can trace the edges 55 00:01:49,939 --> 00:01:50,676 of that house. 56 00:01:50,676 --> 00:01:52,663 I see a road I can trace the line of that 57 00:01:52,663 --> 00:01:54,203 road, I see an edge of a forest 58 00:01:54,203 --> 00:01:56,033 I can trace the edge of that forest.” 59 00:01:56,033 --> 00:01:58,580 Narrator: “MapGive is making it easier for 60 00:01:58,580 --> 00:02:00,430 new online volunteers to take those 61 00:02:00,430 --> 00:02:02,190 first steps in helping build an open, 62 00:02:02,190 --> 00:02:03,417 free map of the world 63 00:02:03,417 --> 00:02:06,417 and become digital humanitarians.” 64 00:02:06,417 --> 00:02:08,152 Narrator: “Learn how to map in three 65 00:02:08,152 --> 00:02:11,063 steps. Get an OpenStreetMap account. 66 00:02:11,063 --> 00:02:12,880 Practice mapping. Then, get connected 67 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,407 with a task on the MapGive site. 68 00:02:15,407 --> 00:02:17,835 You'll get the skills to map...what you'll 69 00:02:17,835 --> 00:02:20,285 give helps communities around the world.” 70 00:02:20,285 --> 00:02:22,125 Joshua Campbell: “The value of the 71 00:02:22,125 --> 00:02:24,334 geographic data created in OpenStreetMap 72 00:02:24,334 --> 00:02:26,784 for humanitarian response has already been 73 00:02:26,784 --> 00:02:29,237 compelling. The amount of information that 74 00:02:29,237 --> 00:02:31,477 has been produced and the utility it has 75 00:02:31,477 --> 00:02:33,507 rendered to the humanitarian community is 76 00:02:33,507 --> 00:02:35,837 a game—changer in humanitarian response.” 77 00:02:35,837 --> 00:02:37,683 Dale Kunce: “For the typhoon response 78 00:02:37,683 --> 00:02:40,169 we've had almost 16 hundred volunteers do 79 00:02:40,169 --> 00:02:42,619 something like 4.5 million edits to the 80 00:02:42,619 --> 00:02:46,055 base map just for the Philippines. And 81 00:02:46,055 --> 00:02:48,625 those 16 hundred volunteers represent 82 00:02:48,625 --> 00:02:52,965 some 3 to 4 years of dedicated mapping 83 00:02:52,965 --> 00:02:55,185 that one person would be able to do. 84 00:02:55,185 --> 00:02:57,299 Narrator: “We're asking the question: 85 00:02:57,299 --> 00:03:00,299 what if there were more online MapGivers?” 86 00:03:00,299 --> 00:03:02,715 Joshua Campbell: “What could happen if we 87 00:03:02,715 --> 00:03:05,065 had 10 times the amount of volunteers? 88 00:03:05,065 --> 00:03:07,065 50 times the amount of volunteers? 89 00:03:07,065 --> 00:03:09,611 How many areas could we map? How 90 00:03:09,611 --> 00:03:12,421 much good could we do in this process?” 91 00:03:12,421 --> 00:03:14,412 Narrator: “Let's find out how much good 92 00:03:14,412 --> 00:03:16,912 we can do. MapGive today.”