ST.MAARTEN Red Cross

WHAT IS IT ABOUT Co-design (sometimes known as participatory design) is a design approach that actively involves you as a stakeholder in the 121 design process. During co-design sessions, we want to hear from you, but also actively involve you and your ideas in the design process. We do this in the context of Human Centered Design (HCD).…

Written by Jurg Wilbrink GIS. On the 12th of June 2018 510 uploaded 13.367 roof materials and shapes to Open Street Map. The import is a result of all the activities the data team of the Netherlands Red Cross (510) conducted in preparation and response to the hurricane ‘Irma’ that hit land on the island…

In St.Maarten on Sep 6th Hurricane Irma landed causing great devastation. Below is an overview of the Disaster Specific Products created by 510 using the Data Driven Decision process.      

DANIËL KERSBERGEN was a master thesis Student at 510 and has just graduated from MSc Geomatics for the Built Environment at TUDelft. You can read his thesis here 1: How did you end up doing your master thesis with 510? During my master Geomatics for the Built Environment, I was inspired by one of the associate…

For the commemoration of the 1953 floods in the Netherlands the Watersnoodmuseum asked 510’s TU Delft Master Student Daniël Kersbergen to share his story when working as Information Manager on St Maarten post Irma. 65 years ago they used helicopters and now we also use drones to gather visual data to help the most vulnerable.…

WHAT IS IT ABOUT A deep learning model that allows the 510 team to quickly identify the physical damage post disaster. WHY IS IT NEEDED When a disaster occurs it is important to know as soon as possible how many people are affected, where their houses are, and how much damage there is. The Red…

Above you can see the live timeline where we update or response to Irma together with The Netherlands Red Cross Disaster Response in St. Maarten.            

HURRICANE IRMA With the landfall of Hurricane Irma on the 6th of September 2017, large parts of St. Maarten were damaged. Initial estimates of damage range from 70 -90% of buildings affected by the tropical storm. For the further humanitarian aid provided by the Red Cross, a more accurate assessment of the damage on the…

510 CO-DESIGN SESSIONS IMPORTING LARGE DATA ONTO OSM ST.MAARTEN OUTPUTS 510 TEAMTERVIEW DANIEL KERSBERGEN MAKING DAMAGE PROVISIONS MORE EFFICIENT & EFFECTIVE 510 RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IRMA ST.MAARTEN