Elements of Crisis Informatics
Crisis Informatics is how people and organizations use technology and the data created through that use throughout the life cycle of a crisis. There are many elements of crisis informatics. I'd like to talk about a few of them by giving examples. Public Response Agencies The City of Chicago compiled a list of COVID-19 testing sites around the city that is updated regularly. The interactive map can be found here: https://data.cityofchicago.org/Health-Human-Services/COVID-19-Testing-Sites-Map/j2wj-wjrp This was a response by a public agency to an ongoing crisis of a pandemic. One can use this map to find a location nearest testing location to them and as you scroll over the orange dots, contact information about the site will popup on your screen. Information Communication Technology CNN created a database on school shootings where they collected information from reports, phone calls to police, school websites and smaller databases. They took this information and analyzed it, turnin...