What is Crisis Mapping? An Update on the Field and Looking Ahead | iRevolution - 0 views
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Tom Johnson on 09 Apr 12What is Crisis Mapping? An Update on the Field and Looking Ahead Posted on January 20, 2011 | 13 Comments I last updated my piece on A Brief History of Crisis Mapping some two years ago, well before the first International Conference on Crisis Mapping was held (ICCM 2009). So a brief update on the past 24 months may be in order, especially for a field that continues to grow so rapidly. When I Googled the term "crisis mapping" in September 2009, I got 8,680 hits. Today, one gets over 200,000. If you're curious about the origins of the field and what happened before 2009, my original blog post still serves as a useful intro. I also recommend this recent video on Changing the World One Map at a Time and this earlier blog post on Proposing the Field of Crisis Mapping (also from 2009).