On 2015-11-09 23:49, Patrick Meier (iRevolution) wrote:
"My role is to identify compelling applications that will produce data/analysis that is very much needed by humanitarian, development, human rights, and/or public health, etc organizations. Once compelling applications are identified, Crowd4Sat will obtain the necessary imagery, customize a citizen science platform and invite digital volunteers to analyze the imagery. The results will then be shared with the humanitarian, development, human rights, etc, organizations that requested the data/analysis." I maintain a list of links, with summaries, to online stories that relate to virtual volunteering, including online volunteer "mappers", here: http://virtualvolunteering.wikispaces.com/news You might want to scroll through to look for leads on "compelling applications." There are also some links to such initiatives on the TechSoup forum, and the forum is searchable (I tried the words volunteers and map, and the results were mostly what you would be looking for). --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> My role is to identify compelling applications that will produce data/analysis that is very much needed by humanitarian, development, human rights, and/or public health, etc organizations. Once compelling applications are identified, Crowd4Sat will obtain the necessary imagery, customize a citizen science platform and invite digital volunteers to analyze the imagery. The results will then be shared with the humanitarian, development, human rights, etc, organizations that requested the data/analysis.
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