Aiming to empower citizens to report hazards at their fingertips and provide them access to critical information, Indonesia-based Yayasan Peta Bencana (Disaster Map Foundation) developed Mapakalamidad.ph. It is a free web-based platform that provides crowd-sourced and up-to-date flood information using the power of digital maps and social media. The flood reports are immediately added to the map and stay active for only two hours to ensure it will display real-time information. Widening the reachCurrently, MapaKalamidad.ph is limited to flood reports unlike its Indonesian counterpart which maps earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, fire, strong winds, and haze. The platform may also map other types of hazards and become a multi-hazard platform in the future.

Source: Philippine Star May 14, 2021 06:45 UTC