Mapping a Conflict in Real Time

Lebanon
Description: 

During the 2006 Israel invasion, Samidoun, a grassroots network in central Beirut, created and up-dated a map of the bombings and damage to Lebanon’s infrastructure which they posted on their blog. These maps were used for organising recovery and advocacy efforts. They were also deemd to be so precise that the BBC and other international media used them as a key source of information.

Blogs
Maps
The damage to Lebanese infrastructe was mapped in real time during the Israeli invasion in 2006

This campaign relied on people visiting the blog and exploring the map. Measuring user behaviour would have helped Samidoun guage relevance of different content and adapt their advocacy strategy.