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Mapping Technology Helping Relief Efforts in Philippines
Humanitarian Open Street Map is a sort of Wikipedia of mapping, which allows more than a million users to contribute. Now it's helping the Red Cross to determine where things were before Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines so relief workers can make crucial decisions.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readHumanitarian Open Street Map is a sort of Wikipedia of mapping, which allows more than a million users to contribute. Now it's helping the Red Cross to determine where things were before Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines so relief workers can make crucial decisions. Since Saturday, some 400 volunteers have been making almost a million additions to free, online maps of areas in and around the Philippines. That's according to Robinson Meyer of The Atlantic.
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The full episode
3 of 3Can the US Salvage a Deal with Iran?- 0:00The Race to Provide Typhoon Relief Aid to the Philippines
- 8:05Can the US Salvage a Deal with Iran?
- 41:32Mapping Technology Helping Relief Efforts in PhilippinesYou’re reading this