In an ongoing effort to help the poorest country in the Americas survive and recover from a devastating earthquake, hackers around the world are participating in CrisisCamp Hackathons this Saturday, January 16. The unconference-style events are free for attendees, who are asked to volunteer their time and expertise to create technology projects that provide data, information, maps and technical assistance to non-governmental organizations, relief agencies and the public. The CrisisCamps being held this weekend will all directly benefit Haitian relief efforts. Sponsor Volunteers of all kinds - the technically talented and others, too - are requested to sign up. Hackathons are being organized in Silicon Valley , London , Washington DC and Boulder/Denver . Some of these events still need organization and leadership help; volunteers are asked to take charge and donate whatever time or resources they have available. Proposed projects so far include a base layer map for Port Au Prince for NGOs and relief agencies, a family locator system, a volunteer skill matrix, a news aggregator to coordinate data feeds and ongoing definitions to support ongoing CrisisCamp efforts

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