iMMAP

iMMAP is a pioneering humanitarian organization that for more than a decade has led the way in the effective use of information management practices and principles in service to the world’s most vulnerable populations.

New approaches and new solutions are required to address a range of problems plaguing humanitarian responders. iMMAP applies appropriate information management practices and new information technologies in service to the humanitarian community, enabling them to solve pressing global humanitarian challenges.

The iMMAP team was formed in late-1998, leading the first internationally-coordinated effort to combine information management, sociology and Geographic Information System technology to define the scourge of landmines and explosive remnants of war and change the way their impact on society is measured. iMMAP remains the premier humanitarian information management organization, guiding international crisis responders who work to alleviate the suffering of those most in need.
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Thailand flooding Response - November 29, 2011
		Thailand has experienced its worst annual flooding in 50 years. One third of Thailand's provinces have been affected and numerous people have been killed, 427 as of November 1st 2011. Continue reading »

Testimonials
	The NGO with most experience in this sector is iMMAP whose work has been instrumental in supporting both Mine Action initiatives and the Humanitarian Information Centers operated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.NGOs offer a different perspective and a different approach to GIS in the field, one that can complement that of international organisations, and it seems certain that these actors will expand their activities in coming years.” —Information and Communication Technology for Peace: The role of ICT in preventing, responding to and recovering from conflict. United Nations Information and Communications Technology Task Force, 2005
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