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Uncover the Missing Maps with Big Data
An innovative, interactive and entertaining volunteering event to raise awareness on Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and a special opportunity to participate in digital humanitarian action for operational needs.
Step 1: Bring your own laptop, mouse (recommended) and your enthusiasm!
Step 2: Be part of the global collaborative project – Missing Maps Mapathon*.
Step 3: Learn how to trace satellite imagery into OpenStreetMap^.
*A Mapathon is an amazing opportunity for volunteers to digitally connect and map the most vulnerable places in the developing world so that locals and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) can use these maps and data to better respond to crises affecting these areas. Mapathon volunteers have a real impact on the delivery of healthcare in the field.
^The idea is simple: you will be comparing satellite images and adding buildings and/or roads to a shared online map. This map will then be made available for all humanitarian organisations worldwide.
This is a HKBU CCL-recognized activity.
Date: 29 May 2019 (Wed)
Time: 4:00 – 6:30pm
Venue: AAB205, 2/F, Academic and Administration Building,15 Baptist University Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
All are welcome!
歡迎所有人士參加！
For enquiries, please contact Miss Aggie Law 3411 2864 / Miss Yoyo Lo 3411 2049.
如有查詢，請聯絡 Miss Aggie Law 3411 2864 / Miss Yoyo Lo 3411 2049。