patrick meier: changing the world one map at a time (sept 2011 wavelength breakout)
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Changing the World
One Map at a Time @patrickmeier
1914@patrickmeier
The First World War
2008@patrickmeier
500,000 people displaced
2010@patrickmeier
7.0 Magnitude Earthquake
“[We are] using your project every second of the day to get aid and assistance to the people that
need it most”
Credit: Rob Munro
2011@patrickmeier
Mass atrocities in Libya
www.CrisisMappers.net
Standby Volunteer Task Force
Horror in the Horn of Africa
Saving Somalia
Saving Somalia
“Having a real-time map complete with satellite photos, of where everyone is at any one
moment is almost as good as having your own helicopter”
So what’s next?
@patrickmeier
Don’t get too jazzed up!
Tech is only 10% of the solution