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The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake centered approximately 10 miles (16 km) from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at 16:53:09 local time (21:53:09 UTC) on Tuesday 12 January 2010. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles (10.0 km). The United States Geological Survey recorded a series of aftershocks, twelve of them between magnitudes 5.0 and 5.9.

CrisisCamp Response

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On the Ground

  • InSTEDD has deployed Nicolas Di Tada to Santo Domingo with Thomson Reuters to deploy [EIS].
  • InterAction partner organizations doing work in Haiti
  • A MapActionteam left the UK the day after the earthquake struck Haiti and is working in Port-au-Prince to support relief coordination.

All the maps created (and which will continue to be updated) are freely available for download (jpg or pdf)from the MapAction catalogue. For those users who want to integrate the data with their own system, there are also WFS FEED KML FEED available. More maps and feeds will be added as the response progresses.

Events

Official Twitter hashtag for all locations: #CCHaiti

Participants

Who is on the ground helping? Add your name or project and optionally what you can help with.

Name Location Project Skills E-mail Phone Number Skype/Twitter
Mike Cipriano U.S.A. Technology disaster recovery expert mikecip@pharmITech.net 908-212-1664 Email preferred
Bart Kindt New Zealand I have developed, for New Zealand Search and Rescue, a Radio based live tracking and communications program, based on APRS. Search and Rescue Radio Tracking and communications Please check out my website for details, and advise if my system would be of use in Haiti. Capable of VHF <> Internet>Email>GSM comms. haiti@bart.gen.nz +6421332265 Email preferred
Oksana Yaremchuk Palo Alto, CA San Jose State Communication Software Developer (Java, C), client/server side programming (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP) oksana.yaremchuk@gmail.com 650-518-0306
Mike Russell State College, PA Communications + Publicity, User Interface Design Consultant Project Mgmt., Development, Liason, Research, Writing mrussell@planetrussell.net 814-234-4066 Twitter: @planetrussell 
Skype: planetrussell
Adam Lawson Sacramento, CA .NET Application Development, R&D (Health Insurance industry) C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, cross-platform architecture and development alawson@calhost.com 916.788.0225 @aplawson
Dean Zimmermann Sacramento, CA web development, general IT .NET Web & Thick App Development, HTML/CSS dz09@deanzimmermann.com Email preferred Twitter: @dazimmermann
Albert Gomez Miami, FL jphro 1standalton.com Technologist:Manufacturing Expert Operations & Logistics contact for all things on the ground in Haiti. Working on Bio-surveillance, social genetic migration, infrastructure redevelopment, new business integration, and distance learning educational feeding models mailto:albert@1standalton.com Haiti # 3600-7851 Skype: green albert Email Preferred: Ask me about mPHISE
Sean Maisch Washington, DC Language Graphic Designer, Web Developer (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) sean@seanmaisch.com 520-481-9671 seanmaisch
Steve Shickles SimpleHelix.com Huntsville, AL Application/Web Hosting President of SimpleHelix.com (Contact us and we can host your application for free to help. steve@simplehelix.com 866.963.0424 @simplehelix
Bill Zimmer Server Technology Boston, MA Web Database We build Web Database Applications for Small Business [1] 508.380.0724 skype:zimmerphone
Tony Cai Freelance Designer NYC, NY Web Designer, Developer, Graphics & Media Willing to donate my time to an organization in need! tony@tonycai.com 917.903.5551 I-Prefer_E-mails
Milton Jackson Blok Creative Design Agency Hartford, CT Web Design and Development Willing to donate time and creativity to an organization looking to enhance online fund raising activities for Haiti. milton@theblokgroup.com 860.884.0684 I-Prefer_E-mails
Nathan Heleine Crush + Lovely NYC, NY Web Design + Application Development + Mobile Assembling a team of freelancers to build a platform for long-term pledges of support. My company can also consult + host applications. nathan@crushlovely.com 504.233.0813 @heynathan
Jackson Carson Designer Boulder, CO Web, UI, UX Design, Print Design, Branding/Marketing Design Any need where user interface, print, brand design might be helpful. jackson@jacksondcarson.com 303-444-9283 Skype:jaxxonxx, AIM:AxxionJaxxon, Twitter: @jxxn 
(prefer IM or email)
Alex Berta Specialist Clarksville, TN Social Network For Haiti PHP, Design, Research alex.berta@jedburgh-usa.com 931-338-5994 Twitter: @criticalmass24 
AIM: criticalmass120
Santosh Shrestha Programmer Stamford, CT .Net Project, VOIP, mobile C#, Javascript, PHP Asterisk VOIP santoshrestha[AT]gmail.com 917-587-2693 Twitter: @santoshrestha
Michael Montuori Columbia, SC Linux, Java, C/C++, Windows, Scripting, Design, and Research Anything required with my skill set michael.montuori@gmail.com 803-386-8644
Paula Noone Pnoone Irvine, CA Web Design, Programming Anything required with my skill set paulanoone@yahoo.com 949-282-9655 Twitter: @ocmonalisa


Mark NTejas [2] Arlington, TX Web Developer (PHP, Coldfusion, JavaScript), Web Database (SQL, mySQL, Oracle) Anything required with my skill set stratacular@gmail.com Twitter: @markintejas


Philip Tillapaugh AirGas Whittier, CA National Wholesale Safety & First Aid Equipment Supply, Server Networking, Research Anything required with my skill set philipt777@gmail.com 949-632-9025
Noel Suthers Module Brooklyn, NY Interactive Creative Director/Art Director, Web Design/(light) Web Development - Fluent in Spanish/studying French Can provide web/UI design time for worthwhile project/organization reliefwork@themodule.com Phone (by Request) Email preferred
Kevin Watson Free Social network programming Ny, NY Free Database programming/Free Creative Direction,online video sites allowing uploads of images and video,Online social network Development - We can code online video tools and HDVideo enabled Videostreaming web pages only for relief efforts We will donate our mp3ny.com services Free to legitimate Haiti Relief kevin@mp3ny.com 212-520-4292 Email preferred
Lou Rosas Tucson, Arizona Java, C/C++, Python, Linux, Scripting, Software Design Anything required with my skill set lourosas@gmail.com 520-275-3088 Email preferred
Tsegaye Hidru Webmaster Washington, D.C. Graphic and web design (photoshop, css, html, drupal), some French, Spanish Web design, UI, maintenance [3] 240-244-9758 email or phone
Tim and Linda Wolfe Wolfe Interactive Temecula, CA Web Design/Software Engineering Web Design & Programming, Java, C++, SQL [4] 951-757-4381 email or phone
Ed Carp, N7EKG Las Vegas, NV Web/Windows/Linux programming, SAR, comms, working web-based survivor locator for mobile browsers @ http://www.haitiwelfare.com Escapade, C, ASP, VB, .NET, Linux, FreeBSD, MySQL, amateur radio, SAR, law enforcement [5] 303-994-4339 email or phone
Kevin Major Chiang Mai, Thailand Any programming / infrastructure needs within my skillset PHP, MYSQL, Linux, ExpressionEngine, Drupal kevin@major-estates.com n/a email
Mehdi Mirzaee Tehran, Iran Water and Waste Water network Water Resources Management and Strategic Planning [6] n/a email
Mario Philippides New York, NYC Web design, Programming, Promotion, Social Media PHP, MYSQL, Linux, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, Java, ASP mario@triplefedora.com 617-615-9134 Twitter: @thebostonian


Michelle Cadieux Silicon Valley, CA Structural/damage assessment,Search and Rescue trainer, Environmental assessment, energy auditing Volunteer management, engineering [7] 415 786 1436 prefer email @creativecomm, http://profile.to/creativecommunications
Ilya Katz Brooklyn, NY Any technical or administrative needs within my skillset Linux/Unix, Java, Perl, Databases, Software Design ilyakatz [at} yahoo [dot} com email preferred email
Viktor Raskin Brooklyn, NY Any technical or administrative needs within my skill set Java, Perl, Weblogic, Tomcat, Databases, SOAP, Unix/Linux, Project development cycle [8] Skype: agraskins, email preferred
Tom Pittman Salem, OR Fluent in English/Spanish. Paid Search Marketing Management Marketing Analyst, Pay per Click (PPC) Specialist, International Business Skills tpittman@bookbyte.com 541-974-0791 e-mail or call
Johnny Chan University of Auckland, New Zealand Innovation and technology management Research, documentation, coordination, database and application development [9]
Tariq Khan Minneapolis, MN Management of Technology Infrastructure, Hardware, Software, Conceptualization to Delivery, Solutions Provider tariq3khan <AT> gmail (DOT)com 6125328276 tariq3khan
Ron Buikema Silver Spring, MD TractorShare http://www.tractorshare.org Agricultural development, crisis recovery operations. Teaming with Haitian firefighters to provide tractors, heavy equipment, and technical expertise supporting ongoing earthquake recovery operations. ron@tractorshare.org 301-587-7385 Skype: takomapark2096
Laura Klemme Silicon Valley, CA Project Manager, Scrum Master, Web Developer, UI/UX Design, Cloud, Info Architect Anything required with my skill set. [10] Twitter: lklemme

News

Collaboration

Data

Repositories

General repositories of Haiti Data

Maps

Tools

Various tools to use for finding or looking up data

Imagery

  1. Administrative boundaries (ADM1 and ADM2) of Haiti (2005) src: HIV Spatial Data Center
  2. Streets in Port Au Prince, Haiti src: Open Street Map
  3. Haiti City Basemap 1:12,500 3 of 4 rectified JPGs src: DMA Series E935 (via Harvard Map Collection, contact: C. Scott Walker)
  4. Placename Gazetteer (15,000 names) of Haiti src: Geonames
  5. Major Rivers (Hydrography) src: DCW
  6. Geospatial Data Availabilityfor Haiti - IITF-GTR-33 (Feb 2007) src: USDA
  7. Quickbird Satellite Image (2004) Src: ReliefWeb
  8. JOG Map Scans Series 1501-AIR(Joint Operations Graphics)
  9. SEDAC Population Grid (vector) Src: SEDAC
  10. PortAuPrince MGRS 100m Grid, UTM zone 18 (vector) metadata: xml

Tools

  • ArcBruTile for bringing imagery services into ArcGIS

Vector

Web Services

WMS/WFS

TMS

WMS-C

GeoRSS

KML (Vector)

KML (Imagery)

GeoRSS

UNOSAT RSS feeds: UNOSAT maps: http://www.unosat.org/rss/freemaps.asp?n=10 Information bulletin of UNOSAT activities for Haiti: http://www.unosat.org/rss/UNOSAT-EQ-201001-HTI.xml

JPEG2000 / JPIP

JP2 GeoEye Satellite Image of Port-au-Prince image taken Jan 13, 2010 available through JPIP hosted by ITT Visual Information Solutions.

PFIF

From UNOSAT:

UNOSAT has issued first map and shared vector data with the humanitarian community. Maps are available on http://www.unosat.org/asp/prod_free.asp?id=52. More maps to be posted in the coming days. KML vector file is available from http://www.unosat.org/kml/EQ-2010-000009-HTI.asp. Additional detailed satellite imagery is now coming in and has beeing analyzed. Detailed imagery has been and will be collected on

Wednesday 13 January: GeoEye-1, WorldView-1 Friday 15 January: WorldView 2, QuickBird Sunday 17 January: WorldView 2 Monday 18 January: WorldView 1

Acquired and planned imagery for relevant Space Charter imagery include

Thursday 14 January: SPOT 5, Radarsat-2 Friday 15 January: SPOT5, Radarsat-2 Tuesday 19 January: SPOT5

UNOSAT works closely with OCHA and VirtualOSOCC on this event.

French Space Agency, CNES, is Project Manager (PM) for the call. UNOSAT is liaising closely with Space Charter PM CNES. ScanEx of Russia has facilitated programming of detailed imagery (EROS-B) also on 17 January for EMERCOM. UNOSAT liaising with EMERCOM Russia.

Communications

Drop.io Conference Call Number: 218-486-3891 x 005483072 (open and available if others need a way to have organizational calls)

RNK Communications / International Calling (contact me) / Conf Bridge 781-382-2255 "any 7 digit pin" / Follow @jpalmisano / jpalmisano@rnkcom.com /

The following schemes are being considered to deal with intelligent aggregation of data from all sources. A decision will be made soon by CrisisCamp Haiti Silicon Valley.

Tweak the Tweet project

The Tweak the Tweet project attempts to enhance the power of Twitter as a shared communication tool for people on the ground during a crisis, including those affected, volunteers, and organized emergency responders.

What Twitter is?

Twitter is a free social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Simply put, this tool allows folks with internet or cell phone contact to broadcast and receive messages. Further, these messages can be searched on the web using search engines such as Google.

What Tweet is?

Tweets are the messages that we send and receive when we twitter. Simply put, tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers.

What Tweak the Tweet project is?

Tweak the Tweet project on the other hand goes a step further using tweets in a manner that can be useful for folks in a crisis and for those helping out in a crisis situation. This project asks users to use a special syntax to report emergency-related information.

How "Tweak the Tweet" is made possible?

The tweet messages can be read and interpreted by computers and such other devices by means of user-driven twitter conventions called the hashtag. Using these machine readable messages, technologists anywhere can create tools that are more easily understood by the average person. For example, we could collect tweets of people reporting available food or water supply, and others would be able to see where water is available on a Google map. We may also be able to locate missing persons and gather other reports from crisis sites and present them in an easy and understandable manner to concerned people in one site.

Definitions
Tweet: short update describing what you are doing (140 characters).
Followers: users subscribed to other users’ updates (e.g., I follow you).
Following: users interested in other users Tweeter following by subscribing to their updates or tweets.
Direct Message (DM): Sending a Direct Message to your followers.
@: prefix used when you want to refer to another Tweeter users and share your updates.
Re-Tweet (RT): prefix to relay a message from another user to everyone who is following you.
Hash (#): prefix to categorize your message’s issue or subject.

Search Twitter and find use of hashtags in Twitter feed

Search and Aggregate different searches

  • Anselm has an existing aggressive search engine and aggregator, which he reconfigured for Haiti Twitter hashtag streams
  • David is working off Cam's Ruby code for querying Twitter feed, re-tweeting relevant tweets, and merging data streams from different queries
  • Chirag is working on Yahoo! search engines and people-locator data requirements to feed Twitter data into Peo-locator
  • Denver - Twitter data streams searched and made available in xml files

Organizing the data

  • Kareem is taking spatial tweets (geo-located tweets, and geographic information embedded in the Tweet)
  • People-locator?

Data aggregators (add data aggregators that may aggregate relevant information coming from the Twitter hashtags)

We would like Twitter data to be pushed to other data aggregators

InSTEDD GeoChat project

[Excerpted from the web site] GeoChat is a flexible open source group communications technology that lets team members interact to maintain shared geospatial awareness of who is doing what where -- over any device, on any platform, over any network. GeoChat allows you and your team to stay in touch one another in a variety of ways: over SMS, over email, and on the surface of a map in a web browser. Whether you are sitting at a computer with a high-speed Internet connection, or on the go with your mobile phone, GeoChat let you react to events on the ground with maximum agility, forming cross-organizational virtual teams on the fly, linking field to headquarters, and keeping everyone on your team connected, in sync, and aware of who is doing what, and where.

Comments:

  1. Do Haitians (NGOs, public, etc.) already have a group in GeoChat?
  2. How do we find GeoChat groups relating to Haiti?

Angel

Aggregates Twitter data.

SwiftRiver

What does SwiftRiver do? First, it gathers as many possible streams of data about a particular crisis event as possible. Second, using a two-part filter, that stream of data is filtered through both machine based algorithms and humans to better understand the veracity and level of importance of any piece of information. Read more about it in an Ushahidi blog post.

On the Ground

  • Ushahidi - SMS:+44 7624802524 or email haiti@ushahidi.com
  • InSTEDD GeoChat - number to use depends on country/phone company of each person, for USA subscribers it is '44911' (SMS Reference)

(Pls update here if/when there is on the ground confirmation +44 numbers work on local wireless operators)

Infrastructure Resources

AMURT Haiti Local charity with advanced whole systems infrastructure skills. They've been doing local manufacture of biosand water filters, energy efficient cookstoves and other needful things using a whole systems approach for many years.
Hexayurt Project Plywood/OSB emergency sheltering option to put local building resources into play as an alternative to tents in situations where a supply chain exists, and populations are likely to be unable to find permanent shelter within the lifespan of a relief tent. Also cheaper than tents with local manufacture, which does not hurt.
Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps A simple tool for representing what risks exist to populations, and how those risks are being managed at an infrastructural level. As used by the http://STAR-TIDES.net group at National Defense University.
Akvo has a library of water/sanitation how to information.
Appropedia's Haiti Earthquake Assistance Project is cataloging open source appropriate technologies which may help with relief, reconstruction and restoration of economic self-sufficiency in Haiti.

Hardest Hit Population

Estimated Population Living in Hardest Hit Areas

Estimates of the population living in the hardest hit areas were determined using USAID's Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS Net) Population Explorer. Based on the United States Geological Survey's maps for the areas hardest hit, the estimate of people living in this area is 3,725,615. Of this total there are an estimated 495,509 children between the ages of 0 and 5 years of age. These estimates are based on Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Landscan data (2008) and USAID FEWS NET's Population Explorer tool. The table below provides an estimated gender and age breakdown. These are based on Landscan and Haiti demographic data. Note these estimates were made on 13 January 2010.

Email List

Adding this area so that the participants from the conference call can list their names and affiliations. (It might be good to share your SkypeID and Twitter handle as well)

Gus Pujols, itsallgoodmedia@gmx.com, We Have US Flights 2 Haiti, Twitter:@Lazpujol
Ed Al-Hussainy, ealhussainy [AT] geemail.com, Assistant, Elana B's Save The World Exercise, SkypeID: ealhussainy
Mike Russell - Social Technology Consultant/Project Manager - mrussell@planetrussell.net Twitter: @planetrussell
Cristian Dinescu - Freelancer Energy/Power Consultant, currently with Asltom Power - crisdinescu@gmail.com, @eDinescu

, http://linkedin.com/in/dinescu/

Connie White, connie.m.white@gmail.com, Institute of Emergency Prep, JSU: SkypeID: connie.m.white; Twitter: @conniemwhite
Sophia B Liu, sophia.liu@colorado.edu, @sophiabliu

, University of Colorado at Boulder

Hunter Whitney, hunter@hunterwhitney.com, HW&A (UX Consulting)
Marie Ducheine, netsurfqueen@yahoo.com, Twitter: @netsurfqueen
Jim Palmisano, jpalmisano@rnkcom.com, RNK Communications @jpalmisano
David Bitner, bitner@dbspatial.com, Sahana Software Foundation, Open Source Geospatial Foundation
Sean Wohltman, seanwohltman@google.com, Google, Inc.
Mark Prutsalis, mark at sahanafoundation dot org, Sahana Software Foundation. Skype mark dot prutsalis
Ben Smilowitz, ben@disasteraccountability.org , Disaster Accountability Project . Skype benjiwitz
Liz Avery Gomez, eaverygomez4@gmail.com, New Jersey Institute of Technology, SkypeID: egomez0328; Twitter: @egomez0328
Chad Catacchio, chadcatacchio AT gmail.com, Spatial Motion, Skype: chadcat Twitter: @chadcat
Martin Schoel, martin@choosehelp.com, Skype: oceanjam3000, Twitter: @schoel
Andrew Turner, andrew AT highearthorbit.com, FortiusOne, Skype: andrew_j_turner, Twitter: @ajturner
Sophia Parafina, sophia.parafina AT gmail.com, OpenGeo, Skype: sophia.parafina, Twitter:@spara
Sean McDonald, smcdonald AT metrostarsystems.com, MetroStar Systems, Skype: seanmartinmcdonald, Twitter: @MSSEarthquake
Salim Sawaya, ssawaya@esri.com, ESRI, Skype: salimbsawaya
Sean Gorman, sean AT fortiusone.com, FortiusOne, Twitter: @seangorman
Gerhard, help-displaced.de, wiki@help-displaced.de, Skype: helpdisplaced, Twitter: @helpdisplaced
Jaakko Helleranta, jaakko ÄT opendevelopment.cc, OpenDevelopment, Skype: jhelleranta, Twitter: @jaakkoh
Andrea Tennison, tennison_andrea AT bah.com, the EMPOWER Foundation and Booz Allen Hamilton
Corey Snipes, corey AT twomile.com, Twomile, @yessoprince

, Skype: coreysnipes

Jeff Harrison, jharrison AT thecarbonproject.com, Carbon Project, CubeWerx, Twitter: @@jeffharrison
Andy Carvin, acarvin AT npr DOT org, NPR Social Media Desk. Twitter: @acarvin
Paul Goodman, pdgoodman@gmail.com, DAI, Twitter: @pdgoodman 
Flickr pics from event 1/16: here
Mike Weaver, matinicus61 AT gmail.com, NDT, Twitter: @MatinicusVH
Hugo Romano, hugoromano AT gmail.com, Adaptive Labs, Twitter: @adaptive 
Latest Quakes: @adaptivelabs
Katie Stanton, katiestanton AT gmail.com, Twitter: @kateatstate
Katie Filbert, filbertk [AT] gmail.com, OpenStreetMap @filbertkm
John Crowley, john [at} crisispatterns.org, +1 617.784.3663, Skype: johnrcrowley, @jcrowley
Michelle Cadieux, creativecommunications AT yahoo.com, 415 786 1436, skyke: creativecommunications2, twitter: @creativecomm
Everett Batey, [12], skype: wa6cre-10, CCHaitiLA: http://bit.ly/6jWfkQ
Andrew Lih, [13], andrew AT andrewlih.com, Skype/Twitter: fuzheado, CCHaitiLA
Alex Rose, alexrosela AT gmail.com, shype: alexrosela, twitter: u62 , CCHaitiLA
Lori Barfield, itdirector AT gmail.com, skype: lori.barfield, twitter: itdirector, CCHaitiLA
Chris Blow, UI Developer, skype: cgblow, twitter unthinkingly, CCHaitiPDX
Gavin Treadgold, Sahana Software Foundation, gt at kestrel.co.nz, skpye: rediguananz, twitter: rediguana
Patrick Meier, Ushahidi, patrick at ushahidi.com, skype: patrickmeierskype, twitter: patrickmeier
Roger Rustad, roger.rustad@gmail.com, Y!/AIM/skype/Twitter: RogerRustad, CCHaitiLA
Chris Penn, cantormath@gmail.com, Y!/AIM/skype/Twitter: cantormath, irc: cantor, CCHaitiLA
Hemang Karelia (hkarelia@worldbank.org;skype:hemang.karelia)
Ben Guhin, benguhin@gmail.com; skype/ benguhin
Joan Towers, jmt@bizdevpros.com, crisiscampsalem@gmail.com, facebook and twitter@crisiscampsalem

Haitian-Driven Resources

Author: Steven Jones

Estimated Population Affected (13 January 2010)
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