Hi Gideon, Certainly it helps to have examples. There are a couple reports that might be of interest from the World Bank and the 2nd one is the World Bank and University College London.
Open Data for Resilience Initiative: Field Guide: https://www.gfdrr.org/ODRIFG Crowdsourcing Geographic Information Use in Government: http://crowdgov.wordpress.com/report/ Best, -Kate On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Blake Girardot <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am not really sure what you are saying when you say: "Is there more than > "The maps helped a lot!"" > > I think feedback like that from the groups that use the data we generate > are very convincing that the mapping we do helps on the ground. Further, > for me it is very informative that these same humanitarian groups do ask > the HOT specifically to do mapping for them. I do not think they would ask > us if they did not feel it helped them. > > Also, there is a somewhat different scope of the HOT mapping that is about > empowering local communities outside of immediate crises. > > Best wishes, > Blake > > > > > On 10/31/2014 1:25 PM, Gideon Hartmann wrote: > >> Hey mappers, >> >> whenever I tell friends about the HOT projects, I get a lot of sceptic >> responses. Most people don't see the importance of our maps and there >> are even voices saying it is much more something to keep mappers >> occupied than actual help. >> If I go deeper into online research on the impact of HOT, I can find >> some opinions here and there, but these are mostly very vague and based >> on few people's opinions. >> Is there more than "The maps helped a lot!" or "The maps could help in >> case xxx..." anywhere? >> Are there any quantitative data sets or any scientifically executed >> interviews? >> >> Keep mapping! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- Kate Chapman Executive Director email: [email protected] U.S. mobile: +1 703 673 8834 Indonesian mobile: +62 82123068370 *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team * *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* web <http://hot.openstreetmap.org> | twitter <http://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook <http://facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <http://hot.openstreetmap.org/donate>
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