Christchurch Recovery Map
Encyclopedia
The Christchurch Recovery Map, also known as eq.org.nz, was a short-lived website
providing crowdsourced information about the Christchurch Earthquake of 22 February 2011. The site aggregated information via email, tweets
with an #eqnz hashtag, SMS
and a locally-hosted web form. The site was built with open source
tools and active support from CrisisCommons and Ushahidi
.
As well as providing information, the volunteers hosting the site provided much of the technical infrastructure behind the Student Volunteer Army. The site became a major source of public information. Within its first week of operation, it had received approximately 100,000 unique visitors. The site is listed as a credible source of information by New Zealand
's two main news sites, stuff.co.nz
and nzherald.co.nz, as well as Google Crisis Response's and the Trademe
's website. As mainstream agencies responded to the quake, other forms of communication became established and the need for a grass roots
website subsided. The website is no longer updated as the normal information channels have resumed, and recommends an alternative website.
The website does not appear in the Wayback Machine
. The Christchurch Recovery Map is unrelated to a previous Emotional Intelligence website on the same domain that was harvested by the Wayback Machine.
Website
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providing crowdsourced information about the Christchurch Earthquake of 22 February 2011. The site aggregated information via email, tweets
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
with an #eqnz hashtag, SMS
SMS
SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
and a locally-hosted web form. The site was built with open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
tools and active support from CrisisCommons and Ushahidi
Ushahidi
Ushahidi, Inc. is a non-profit software company that develops free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping....
.
As well as providing information, the volunteers hosting the site provided much of the technical infrastructure behind the Student Volunteer Army. The site became a major source of public information. Within its first week of operation, it had received approximately 100,000 unique visitors. The site is listed as a credible source of information by New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's two main news sites, stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nz is a New Zealand news website owned and operated by Fairfax New Zealand, a subsidiary of the Australian company Fairfax Media. Stuff hosts the websites for Fairfax's New Zealand newspapers, including the country's second and third highest circulation daily newspapers The Dominion Post...
and nzherald.co.nz, as well as Google Crisis Response's and the Trademe
TradeMe
Trade Me is the largest Internet-auction website operating in New Zealand. Managed by Trade Me Ltd the site was founded in 1999 by New Zealand entrepreneurSam Morgan who sold it to Fairfax in 2006 for NZ$700 million...
's website. As mainstream agencies responded to the quake, other forms of communication became established and the need for a grass roots
Grass Roots
Grass Roots is an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2003.The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government...
website subsided. The website is no longer updated as the normal information channels have resumed, and recommends an alternative website.
The website does not appear in the Wayback Machine
Wayback Machine
The Wayback Machine is a digital time capsule created by the Internet Archive non-profit organization, based in San Francisco, California. It is maintained with content from Alexa Internet. The service enables users to see archived versions of web pages across time, which the Archive calls a "three...
. The Christchurch Recovery Map is unrelated to a previous Emotional Intelligence website on the same domain that was harvested by the Wayback Machine.