{"id":1785693,"date":"2018-05-30T18:55:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T22:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1785693"},"modified":"2018-05-30T18:56:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T22:56:38","slug":"a-refugee-camp-mapped-by-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/05\/a-refugee-camp-mapped-by-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"A Refugee Camp Mapped by Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brian Tomaszewski writes<\/a> about his project to train Syrian refugees in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan to map the camp. “They have intimate knowledge of the camp\u2019s layout, understand where important resources are located and benefit most from camp maps.” Over 18 months his team trained 10 refugees basic concepts, field collection techniques, and how to map with mobile phones. “Within a relatively short amount of time, they were able to create professional maps<\/a> that now serve camp management staff and refugees themselves.” His team is now working on obtaining GIS certifications for some of them. [Leventhal<\/a>]<\/p>\n

See also “GIS for Refugees, by Refugees<\/a>,” an article Tomaszewski wrote for the Summer 2017 issue of\u00a0ArcNews<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brian Tomaszewski writes about his project to train Syrian refugees in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan to map the camp. “They have intimate knowledge of the camp\u2019s layout, understand where important resources are located… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[261,1220,1186,86,67,1187],"class_list":["post-1785693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-conflicts","tag-crowdsourcing","tag-jordan","tag-refugee-camps","tag-refugees","tag-syria","tag-unhcr","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":204,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/01\/mapping-the-refugee-crisis\/","url_meta":{"origin":1785693,"position":0},"title":"Mapping the Refugee Crisis","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"12 January 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Here are two interactive maps\u00a0that show\u00a0the scale\u00a0of recent refugee migrations. 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