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Ushahidi platformOpen-source platform to crowdsource and map citizen reports during crises and elections.Ushahidi Haiti deploymentCustomised Ushahidi deployment mapping needs and emergencies after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.Rutas del ConflictoDigital-native data journalism outlet that documents the Colombian armed conflict. Since 2014 it has built its own georeferenced database with close to 730 massacres that occurred between 1982 and 2012, systematizing armed actor, date, context and victims' names from the versión libre testimonies of the Justice and Peace process. It is published as an interactive map, timeline, mobile app, reporting and transmedia products.keralarescue.in: open crisis mapping platform for the 2018 Kerala floodsDuring the August 2018 Kerala floods, hundreds of volunteer developers built a crisis mapping and rescue coordination web platform and app. keralarescue.in (Django/Python, open source on GitHub from day 0) allowed registering rescue requests and locating shelters, camps, water levels and supplies. The Kerala government adopted it as its official site. ~1,500 technologists collaborated for free (some 69 in the main repo) and it received millions of requests. After the emergency the service stopped being maintained and the domain went inactive/for sale; the durable legacy is the open source repositories.Map KiberaParticipatory 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. 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).Sauti za Wananchi Kenya (Twaweza)Africa's first nationally representative mobile phone survey panel applied in Kenya, operated by Twaweza East Africa. ~2,000 citizens, randomly sampled and equipped with phones and solar chargers to include poor or off-grid households, are interviewed monthly about public services, governance and priorities. The open citizen data is turned into briefs that inform ministries, oversight bodies and the press.