Maps

AID WORKER DIARY: Mapping Bolivia's floods
28 Jan 2008 14:55:00 GMT

Greetings, I am currently a Geography\GIS (Geographic Information Systems) student that will be graduating this December (2008).

Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems (HURIDOCS - http://www.huridocs.org) is a Geneva-based huma

Ushahidi: Mapping Reports of Post-Election Violence in Kenya

If (and that's a big if) thiswill work, it could revolutionise the way we do recons and assessments.

Google and many UN humanitarian aid agencies have teamed up so that you can use Google Earth to look up the locations of aid distribution around the world.

AfDevInfo has just published new research for February 2008, including work on energy infrastructures, China & Africa, and the new Kenyan parliament.

This is the latest newsletter from AfDevInfo - an online database focusing on key & emerging themes in African politics and development.

http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/newsletter_8.html

New reports this month include a breakdown of African research institutes, a map of budget monitoring initiatives in Africa, and detailed information on 5 new African cabinets.

Hello,
I'm a french student working with the Humanitarian Research Group of INSEAD. I'm making a thesis concerning an experience feedback about the earthquake of the 27 May 2006 in Java. The goal is to analyse crisis management by NGOs and government.

Hi all,

My name is Gerald Smith and I am conducting research on geographic-information requirements for people impacted by any type of disaster.

I would greatly appreciate your assistance. If you have experienced a disaster event, please spare a few minutes to complete a short survey regarding your experience. The survey is safe, secure, and anonymous as no contact information is required. Please open the survey by clicking this link:

A series of natural disaster maps for Asia and the Pacific have been developed to celebrate the launch of the new UN OCHA Regional Office website.

“We’ve been working closely with the humanitarian community across Asia and the Pacific to develop these new maps,” explains Craig Williams, OCHA’s Regional Information Management Officer. “They’ll be useful to anybody interested in natural disasters or involved with preparedness in the region”.

Maps

Maps are one of the most effective means of communicating complicated data in a simple form, because humans find it easier to understand pictures than numbers.  For example, if you h

There is nothing new in the desire for more complete information to help plan effective aid deliveries. How many times have you gone into the field with incomplete maps on the geography and the needs of beneficiaries?