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Libya Crisis Map Deployment 2011 Report
We have just completed the after action review of the SBTF deployment of the Libya Crisis Map. You can view the report as a Google Doc here. Please feel free to add comments and questions as this is...
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Crowdsourcing Satellite Imagery Analysis for UNHCR-Somalia: Latest Results
253,711 That is the total number of tags created by 168 volunteers after processing 3,909 satellite images in just five days. A quarter of a million tags in 120 hours; that’s more than 2,000 tags per...
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SBTF for ICCM
This year’s International Conference of Crisis Mappers in Geneva just finished. The creation of the SBTF was announced at last year’s ICCM. Many SBTF volunteers were not able to make the conference...
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Beyond Brute Force: Unexpected Lessons from Crowdsourcing Satellite Imagery...
The recent SBTF effort to identify IDP shelters in Somalia for the UNHCR has been notable for several reasons beyond the fantastic work by our very, very hard working volunteers; some of whom may now...
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Who are we really? Stats on the SBTF Membership
The SBTF Membership currently comprises 700+ volunteers from 70+ countries around the world. But who are we really? I finally made some time to find out by reading through every single bio on our Ning...
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A Review of SBTF Deployments in 2011
It’s a new year and the Core SBTF Team is busy developing its roadmap for 2012. We have recently expanded the Core Team with experienced volunteers who have done phenomenal work on previous SBTF...
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Standby Human Resources
SBTF volunteers have consistently demonstrated they are a reliable, hard working and creative bunch. On little notice, they are willing to put in hours of their free time, all the while holding a job...
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On Standby Doesn’t Mean Always-On: An Update on the SBTF
We’re continuing to learn a lot at the Standby Volunteer Task Force (SBTF), and yes, that’s an understatement. While we only launched this initiative less than a year and a half ago, we’ve been...
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SBTF/USAID – A Partnership – The Future of Digital Volunteers?
Kirk Morris, Melissa Elliott, Jeannine Lemaire – SBTF “On Friday, June 1st, USAID’s GeoCenter and Development Credit Authority (DCA) launched the Agency’s first-ever crowdsourcing initiative to...
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Lessons learned from USAID’s first crowdsourced project
[Guest post by Timo Luege - I’m passionate about information, communication and how they can be used to make the world a better place. My two main areas of expertise are: • Communication through...
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