Transcript of Power of Internet and What Developers Can Do for the Society
Power of Internetand
What Developers Can Do for the Society
Google Developer RelationsFumi Yamazaki
https://plus.google.com/+FumiYamazaki/
2011.3.11 14.46 JSTMagnitude 9.0
Photo: CC BY-NC-SA by Fumi Yamazaki
Photo: CC BY-NC-SA by Fumi Yamazaki
Photo: CC BY-NC-SA by Fumi Yamazaki
1. Respond2. Rebuild3. Remember4. Prepare
Phases and actions
Respond
Person Finder
Lessons learned: Speed is important
Launched 2 hours after the earthquake
Person Finder
Lessons learned: Adjust to reality / Trust people
10,000 photos 5,000 volunteers 670,000 records
Migration of Data
- National Police Agency
- Local governments
- NHK (national broadcaster)
- Mobile telecom carriers
- Shelter information
Rebuild
Create Online PresenceCreate Online Business
http://www.innovationtohoku.com/
Create Future Industry-Tohoku Tech Dojo-
https://sites.google.com/site/tohokudojo/
Remember
Memories for Future
2008/7Before tsunami
2011/84 months after
2013/52 years after
http://www.miraikioku.com/en/
Prepare
Project 311-Great East Japan Earthquake
Big Data Workshop-
• https://sites.google.com/site/prj311e/
Data providers
• Google
• Twitter
• Honda
• Zenrin Data Com
• Asahi Newspaper
• NHK
• Rescue Now
• JCC
• Bit.ly
• Weather News
• Japan Weather Association
Data provided• Traveled roads data• Railroad operation information• Realtime population estimation• Newspaper articles• Transcripts of the audio broadcasted by NHK• Text summary of TV programs• Japanese tweets• Search query trends
Participants
• Hackers and developers
• Researchers from academia
• Researchers from private companies
• Bureaucrats from ministries
• Journalists
Project Hayano
http://speedi.mapping.jp/
Media Coverage Map
http://media.mapping.jp/
Importance of Open Data
Getting the data
Simulation by SPEEDI
Simulation by SPEEDI
Simulation by SPEEDI
Simulation by SPEEDI
Make Data Useful
Quote from citizen in Fukushima“I cannot go out of my house without looking at this app”