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● projectActive · local · 2009
Map Kibera
Participatory community mapping initiative that turned Kibera (one of the largest informal settlements in Nairobi) from a blank space on OpenStreetMap into a detailed, open digital map.
illustrative atlas image · Harrison Broadbent / UnsplashMKMap Kibera TrustGIGroundTruth InitiativeEHErica HagenMMMikel Maron
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01 The context
Young residents were trained to collect geospatial data with GPS and mobile phones, edit it in OSM and produce information on schools, water, sanitation, safety, street lighting and health. It includes Voice of Kibera (SMS/Ushahidi reports) and Kibera News Network (citizen video).
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceInteractive Community Mapping: Between Empowerment and Effectiveness (Gigler & Bailur, eds., Closing the Feedback Loop)World Bank · 2014
EvidenceMapping Change: Community Information Empowerment in Kibera (Innovations Case Narrative: Map Kibera)Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, MIT Press · 2011