Deployments

List of Official SBTF Deployments and side deployments since the launch of the SBTF in October 2010.

November 2010

• Country: Colombia
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN OCHA Colombia
• Purpose: Colombia Earthquake Simulation
• Report Published

January 2011

• Country: Sudan
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: Sudanese Civil Society
• Purpose: Referendum Monitoring
• Blogpost

February 2011

• Country: Australia
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: ABC Australia
• Purpose: Mapping Yasi Cyclone Impact & Needs

• Country: New Zealand
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: New Zealand Disaster Responders
• Purpose: Mapping Christchurch Earthquake Impact & Needs

March 2011

• Country: Syria
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Syrian Diaspora
• Purpose: Mapping Human Rights Violations

March – April 2011

• Country: Libya
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN OCHA
• Purpose: Mapping Complex Emergency in Libya
• Report Published and blogpost

May 2011

• Country: USA
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Tuscaloosa News
• Purpose: Mapping Impact of Tornadoes
• Blogpost

July 2011

• Country: India
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Indian Partners
• Purpose: Mapping Impact of Mumbai Attacks & Needs

August 2011

• Country: USA
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Civil society
• Purpose: Mapping Impact of Hurricane Irene

September 2011

• Country: Somalia
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: UNHCR
• Purpose: Mapping Informal Settlements
• Blogpost

October 2011

• Country: Turkey
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Al-jazeera
• Purpose: Mapping Impact of Van Earthquake & Needs

• Country: Syria
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: Amnesty International USA
• Purpose: Mapping Evidence of Mass Human Rights Abuses
• Blogpost and thank you note

November 2011

• Country: Somalia
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UNHCR
• Purpose: Mapping Informal Settlements
• Blogpost 1, blogpost 2, blogpost 3 and thank you video

December 2011

• Country: Samoa
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN-SPIDER
• Purpose: Hurricane Simulation
• Report published

• Country: Libya
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN WHO
• Purpose: Mapping Health Facilities Registry
• Blogpost1, blogpost 2, blogpost 3

• Country: Colombia
• Type: Official Deployment
• Activator: UN OHCA
• Purpose: Crisis Mapping Floods
• Blogpost1 and blogpost 2

• Country: DRC
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Northwestern & Oxfam
• Purpose: Mapping Presidential Elections
• Blogpost

January 2012

• Country: n/a
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: UNOSAT
• Purpose: Crowdsourced photo tagging
• Blogpost

February 2012

• Country: Bosnia
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Al-jazeera Balkans
• Purpose: Crisis mapping snow/cold emergency
• Blogpost

• Country: Madagascar
• Type: Side Deployment
• Activator: Malagasy grassroots
• Purpose: Crisis mapping Cyclone Giovanna