FOSS4G NA 2024 - Maptivism: How GIS Takes Down Bad Guys and Preserves Truth - Jenna Dolecek

Jenna Dolecek discusses the vital role of open GIS data in investigating human rights violations, presenting projects that leverage geospatial analysis to track detention facilities in Tibet and document the destruction of villages in Myanmar.

Highlights

🌍 Open GIS data aids in global human rights investigations.

🗺️ The Tibet research project identified 85 detention facilities using crowd-sourced data.

🔍 Geospatial analysis confirmed a prison’s location through multiple data sources.

🔥 The Ochelli project documented village destruction during Myanmar’s clearance operations.

📊 Data from NASA and Google Earth was crucial for verifying incidents.

📈 Trends and patterns are visualized using maps to understand conflict dynamics.

📸 Tools like Mapillary complement existing data sources for investigations.

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