Crowdmap is a free program that allows you to begin to use the social media in your community. It is brought to you by the people who originally saw the use of social media with their Ushahidi program used extensively in Haiti right after the quake to identify where the worst damage and injured were located. Initially they used a physical map and pins now they have developed a program that automatically locates the origin of the call.
Crowdmap uses a map and immediately to mark where a call originated . You are able to begin to rapidly visualize where damage and clusters of people with injuries are located in your community. This information will allow you to use your resources more efficiently. This crowd sourcing of information is a powerful new tool to more rapidly size up a community after a disaster. It not only gives you dynamic map but it will track by time the reports and allows your to analyze the data as it is accumulated.
Crowd sourcing is a power new tool that takes advantage of the use of social media by your community's population. It is a powerful tool that should become standard operating procedure for any Office of Emergency Management.
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