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Mapping crises with social media

January 12, 2015

Natural disasters require relief organizations to get a picture of the overall scenario as quickly as possible. Patrick Meier from Washington, D.C. collects relevant data on the disaster in question from social media, and then combines it into an online map.

https://p.dw.com/p/1EJ5o