Thursday, August 13th, 2015
Crowdsourcing has added a new dimension to Nepal’s disaster response capability following the massive earthquake that struck this Himalayan country on 25 April, killing more than 8,000 people, injuring thousands and leaving tens of thousands displaced. Government...
Friday, February 20th, 2015
An oil spill of more than 350,000 liters happened when a tanker capsized in the river south of Baerhat on Dec. 9, 2014. The spill poses a threat to the Sunderbans, a World Heritage site of more...
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Crowdsourcing involves the data capture and collection efforts of many people who each contribute a smaller piece to a larger geospatial data and geoinformation puzzle. OpenStreetMap is perhaps the most well-known crowdsourcing project internationally, and serves to...
