Talk:Puerto Rico Projects
City University of New York crowdsourcing Puerto Rico GIS data
Following was a message sent to the Seven Hills user group (GIS people mostly in South East USA.) http://lists.dep.state.fl.us/pipermail/shrug-l/2018-November/005201.html
Hi All,
Do you or someone you know have expertise crowdsourcing GIS data?
I'm currently advising Hunter College's Center for Puerto Rican Studies ("Centro") on its GIS mapping efforts in Puerto Rico. Centro is one of just a handful of groups using GIS mapping to help Puerto Rico.
Since Hurricane Maria's landfall in Puerto Rico, Centro's GIS mapping has shifted from relief to recovery and reconstruction. To accelerate its efforts, Centro would like to create a crowdsourcing platform for gathering GIS data.
I've suggested to Centro to connect with developers who have expertise in crowdsourcing GIS data so as to avoid reinventing the wheel. To this end, should you or someone you know have expertise developing crowdsourcing platforms for gathering GIS data, please let me know.
Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, City University of New York
Centro is a research institute that is dedicated to the study and interpretation of the Puerto Rican experience in the United States and that produces and disseminates relevant interdisciplinary research. Centro also collects, preserves, and provides access to library resources documenting Puerto Rican history and culture. We seek to link scholarship to social action and policy debates and to contribute to the betterment of our community and enrichment of Puerto Rican studies.
Here is a link: https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/events-news/rebuild-puerto-rico/data-hub
These are the poject areas they are working on
- ACSP
- Economic Development
- Education
- Energy
- Environment
- Faith-Based
- Food Systems, Development, and Sustainability
- Health
- Housing
- Mental Health
- Nonprofit Sector and Social Services
- Policy
- Project Data Mapping
- Steering Committee
- Technological Innovation
Seven Hills User Group members recommended they work closely with OSM for their Puerto Rican mapping project. --Rjl (talk) 15:44, 15 November 2018 (UTC)