Map Kibera is a project that mapped the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya which had previously been an unlabeled blank spot on maps. The project recruited local residents to map important locations using GPS devices from October 2009 to August 2010. Mappers documented roads, water points, schools, and other facilities. The mapping data and community engagement empowered residents and improved access to services. The project also trained mappers in technology and journalism skills. Its goals were to create open data, support local organizations, and empower citizens through mapping their own communities.

1. Map Kibera
Mikel Maron, Erica Hagen
GroundTruth Initiative
State of the Map 2010
photo: http://gallery.me.com/dbullington#100816&view=null&bgcolor=black&sel=12

2. Kibera 1 million people(?), 2.5 km2
was a blank spot on the map

3. Phase 1
October – December
2009

4. So we went to Kenya
and nobody believed it was happening til we got there

5. I'm not going to map Kibera myself!

6. Existing Data
satellite imagery

7. So throw mapping parties!
It's going to be a little different than Silicon Valley

8. Partners and Allies
Broadcast and Community Media: Pamoja FM, Kibera
Journal, Kibera WorldWide
NGOs/CBOs: SODNET, Carolina for Kibera, KCODA
Tech Community: Ushahidi, Mobile Boot Camp, skunkwerks,
OpenStreetMap

9. Cooperation with the
local administration

10. Everything is openly organized
In the wiki http://mapkibera.org/wiki/

11. Recruited Mappers
* Recruited Mappers

12. The Mappers
* The Mappers

13. Film Crew
Kibera WorldWide

14. Tech Crew
Local GIS experts

15. * international support -- Harry, Mike,
Lars
International Support
Harry Wood/HOT, Mike Migurski/Stamen, Lars Bromley/AAAS,
Geofabrik, Mark Iliffe, Robert Soden & many more

16. Mappers took to GPS Surveying naturally

17. in our toolbox: Walking Papers

18. What did we collect?
roads and paths and rail
water points
pit latrines / sewer
medical facilities
schools
churches/mosques
businesses
community organizations
administrative units
and whatever else is
useful?!

33. The Lab

34. * ....

35. * Logistics
Logistics, matatu, food, time.
Matatus, food, and time!

36. The Map!

37. The Densest Map Ever?

38. Map Cake!

39. BUT
What's it good for in
a place like Kibera?
The question we are
constantly asked and
asking ourselves

40. Impacts for Mappers
Computer/tech skills
Social skills & confidence
Group cohesion and identity
Better knowledge of Kibera

42. Possible uses like, Matatu Route Map

43. Or Art Mapping

44. Kibera in flickr!

45. * Potential all about potential
open data ... of Open Data
Can be a little abstract in Kibera

46. * But still ...Disconnect between the
And everyone is excited
But no the mappersthe and whatin
what one sees see change
everyone else sees
Kibera

47. GroundTruth Initiative … Our
vision
Create a corps of citizens in the
developing world who are versed in a
variety of new technologies and
empowered to report on, tell stories
about, and generate data and map
information about themselves and their
community, and to use that information
for action.
We call this process community
information empowerment and
development.

49. Phase 2
February – August 2010

50. Deeply Explore Themes:
Health
Education
Water/Sanitation
Safety
With detailed mapping
and community meetings

53. Atlas Printing

54. Develop Entities and
Skills
Kibera Mappers
Kibera News Network
citizen journalism
Voice of Kibera
SMS Reporting

55. Engage the people of Kibera
CBOs and NGOs

58. Media:
Is this all we see of Kibera?

59. Voice of Kibera:
voiceofkibera.org
Shortcode to report: 3002, “Kibera”

60. Reports

61. Kibera News Network
Online community TV
www.youtube.com/KiberaNewsNetwork
(in partnership with KCODA)

62. Constituency Development Fund (CDF)

63. Connect these voices to service providers
Accountability Forums

64. Expansion
To Nairobi slums, Kenyan rural areas, and beyond

65. Challenges for OSM in developing countries
volunteer culture is not the same in
poor countries
must be a road to paid work
or clear benefit to someone's job

66. Challenges for OSM in developing countries
the map made is not enough
the digital divide is both
infrastructral and social
otherwise, you're simply
contributing to status quo of
inequality

67. Challenges for OSM in developing countries
large agencies (UN, govt) are very
interested
how to support them without simply
allowing them to co-opt the work the
citizens are doing

68. Challenges for OSM in developing countries
without extra effort, open source
and open data really just means,
open to the elites which is not
actually open at all.

69. Regynnah

70. A remapping of Africa

71. Contact us!
http://mapkibera.org/
contact@mapkibera.org