On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Erwin Olario <[email protected]> wrote: > Convincing the "proper" national agencies to adopt the system is the ideal > way of getting this done. Especially, those who are regularly involved in > disaster management (Red Cross, NDCC.) > > I've been thinking though, if a disaster of similar magnitude happened > outside Manila, would these technologies be still as effective as they are > being used now? Would we have the same number of news sources, independent > reporters, volunteers? How about Internet access?
sad to think about ... well parts of Metro Manila are marginalized as it is :( > The efforts to collect and report spatial information using Google Maps and > Google Spreadsheets appears to be the most effective right now. Kudos to the > ad hoc efforts of well-meaning volunteers but for effective collaboration > among stakeholders, there should be a recognized authority sending back > feedback to reporters as reports are being addressed or has been addressed > already. In the present ad hoc setup, we also have glaring data privacy > issues that are not being addressed. > > I volunteer for the Red Crosss, maybe volunteering IT expertise for the Red > Cross in the future is another effort to consider. that's why we tech people also need the help from the disaster pros... we may have the domain knowledge for databases, apps, geolocation, etc. but don't know the proper protocols. I'm not even sure if I can code under pressure (anymore)! _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
