________ tools gather information from sources such as e-mails, text messages, and tweets and make the information instantly and publicly available for use in emergencies.
A) Social networking
B) Crowdsourcing
C) Crisis-mapping
D) Affective computing
Crisis-mapping tools gather information from sources such as e-mails, text messages, and tweets and make the information instantly and publicly available for use in emergencies.
Crisis mapping is normally conducted to provide maps that have important geographic information related to response and analyze the data during a crisis such as natural disasters, social conflict,political conflict.
Crisis mapping goal is to prepare and produce data that will be beneficial during the crisis
Data is provided online to the disaster affected people by the Crisis mappers.