Internet of Things and Crisis Data Sara-Jayne Farmer Standby Task Force, Hunchworks, etc.
May 17, 2015
Internet of Things and Crisis Data
Sara-Jayne FarmerStandby Task Force, Hunchworks, etc.
Crisis data is/was annoying
• Twitter• Facebook• SMS• Phones• Photos• News• Sneakernet
DecisionsGAP
Overworked Field People
The vision: effective crisis information ecosystems
Observe
A more detailed vision
Collect Data
Disseminate Data
Collate DataPlan data gathering
Analyse Data
Decide
Act
Orient
All data sources
Crisismapping – Jan 2010: Earthquake
• Mappers create maps from satellite images, tourist maps, locals etc
• Person in Haiti sends SMS to 3441
• Message goes to CrowdFlower
• Mappers translate and geolocate message
• Mappers add message to Ushahidi display
• Message gets to responders, public, aunts, Sahana etc.
Crisismapping – Mid 2010: floods
Crisismapping Early 2011: radiation
Crisismapping Late 2011: migration
Crisismapping Early 2012: cold
IOT and Crisis Data
• Design for crises– Think about crisis applications when you build tech
• Think about what’s needed– What needs to be sensed– How to adapt existing tech
• Connect with the users– Crisismappers– Grassroots mappers– Random Hacks of Kindness (RHOK)
Big Development Data: Early 2011
What the Information Gaps did
BDD 2010: New Data Sources
+ YOU!
BDD 2011: Proofs of Principle
BDD 2012: Collation
IOT and Big Development Data
• Think about what’s needed– water sensors, crop sensors, etc
• Connect with the users, via– Data Without Borders– Random Hacks of Kindness (again)
Next?
• Effective crisis information ecosystem– Established data gathering technologies (mostly)– Cooperation as standard– Open data systems = crisis data systems– We’ve thought about (almost) everything