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Missing Maps
Missing Maps is a humanitarian project that preemptively maps parts of the world that are vulnerable to natural disasters, conflicts, and disease epidemics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.directionsmag.com/pressreleases/missing-maps-project-volunteers-map-the-way-to-disaster-response/423997 )〕 It was founded in November 2014 by the American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, and Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders and has so far mapped large towns and cities in countries such as South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.directionsmag.com/pressreleases/missing-maps-project-volunteers-map-the-way-to-disaster-response/423997 )〕
== Background ==
The idea to create the Missing Maps project was born out of a realisation by the American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, and Médecins Sans Frontières that maps are pivotal to delivering humanitarian aid.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fastcodesign.com/3037423/how-the-missing-maps-project-is-crowdsourcing-data-on-hundreds-of-uncharted-cities )〕 In civil wars, for example, maps can help individuals and organisations track the movement of internally displaced populations and determine where best to conduct food and non-food item distributions.〔 Or in the case of disease outbreaks, emergency responders can use maps to identify the source of the outbreak and identify the most effective infection control methods.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/06/missing-maps-human-genome-project-unmapped-cities )〕 Baraka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the end of 2014 became one of the pilot projects.
The project is aimed at preemptively mapping vulnerable parts of the world to create highly detailed maps that will be ready for first-responders to use in the event of a disaster, conflict, or disease epidemic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/11/daily-chart-8 )〕 It relies on a large volunteer community to map these areas through online, remote mapping in the initial phases. Once these digital maps are validated by expert mappers, they are then sent to field teams to be updated and revised.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.philanthropyage.org/2015/06/02/call-crowd-people-power-changing-aid/ )〕
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