Why the Crisis Mapping Community Needs 'People Protection Standards 1.0'

The issue is whether the crisis mapping community will decide to self-regulate in a proactive way before serious lapses by any of us put civilians in jeopardy. What is urgently required most of all are people protection standards which include but also transcend how we collect, secure, and release data obtained through the use of ICTs during disaster and related settings. Through our experiences monitoring civilian populations in Sudan by satellite over the past 14 months, we have encountered firsthand the critical lack of doctrine, training, and protocols available to help us ensure that we do not inadvertently cause harm to those we aim to assist. Read More