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Ushahidi and Sahana Eden Open-Source Platforms to Assist Disaster Relief: Geospatial Components and Capabilities

Fri, 2015-04-10 21:29 — Kathy Gilbeaux

link.springer.com - Khanh Ngo Duc, Tuong-Thuy Vu, Yifang Ban - March 8, 2014

CLICK HERE - Ushahidi and Sahana Eden Open-Source Platforms to Assist Disaster Relief: Geospatial Components and Capabilities

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United Nations General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Global Geospatial Information Management

Mon, 2015-04-06 18:55 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                                                    

un.org - February 26, 2015

Delegates in the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a consensus resolution last week, by which they addressed global geospatial information management. The document entitled “A global geodetic reference frame for sustainable development” (A/RES/69/266) urges States to voluntarily implement open sharing of geodetic data, standards and conventions, inviting them to improve national geodetic infrastructure and engage in multilateral cooperation that addressed infrastructure gaps and duplications, towards the development of a more sustainable geodetic reference frame.

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CDC - Mapping for Ebola: A Collaborative Effort

Sun, 2015-01-18 08:48 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                

cdc.gov - January 14, 2015

One of the difficulties faced by teams responding to the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is identifying individuals and communities residing in remote areas. Existing maps of these regions either do not exist or are inadequate or outdated. This means that basic data like location of houses, buildings, villages, and roads are not easily accessible, and case finding and contact tracing can be extremely difficult.

To help aid the outbreak response effort, volunteers from around the world are using an open-source online mapping platform called OpenStreetMap (OSM) to create detailed maps and map data of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and parts of Mali.

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World Health Organization (WHO) - Ebola Portal - Map

Sun, 2014-09-28 21:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                              (FOR THE INTERACTIVE MAP - CLICK ON THE MAP IMAGE BELOW)

      

https://who-ocr.github.io/ebola-data/

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Crowdsourcing a Crisis Map of UAV/Aerial Videos for Disaster Response

Sun, 2014-06-22 13:52 — Maeryn Obley

The UAV Map, which will go live shortly, is inspired by Travel by Drone Map displayed above.

Image: The UAV Map, which will go live shortly, is inspired by Travel by Drone Map displayed above.

irevolution.net - June 18th, 2014 - Patrick Meier

Journalists and citizen journalists are already using small UAVs during disasters. And some are also posting their aerial videos online: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), Moore Tornado, Arkansas Tornado and recent floods in Florida, for example. Like social media, this new medium—user-generated (aerial) content—can be used by humanitarian organizations to augment their damage assessments and situational awareness.

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Ecological Footprint of Consumption Compared to Biocapacity

Sat, 2014-03-15 11:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

via chartsbin.com

This map compares each country's total consumption Footprint with the biocapacity available within its own borders.

Many countries rely, in net terms, on the biocapacity of other nations to meet domestic demands for goods and services. For example: Japan imports Ecuadorian wood to make paper; Europe imports meat fed on Brazilian soy; the United States imports Peruvian cotton; and China obtains lumber from Tanzania.

  • World Total Biocapacity: 1.78 gha per capita
  • World Ecological Footprint of Consumption: 2.7 gha per capita (i.e. we are using more resources than the Earth can provide.)

Currently less than 20 percent of the world's population living in countries that can keep up with their own demands.

What is a global hectare (gha)?

A global hectare is a common unit that encompasses the average productivity of all the biologically productive land and sea area in the world in a given year. Biologically productive areas include cropland, forest and fishing grounds, and do not include deserts, glaciers and the open ocean.

Data source: Global Footprint Network's 2010 Edition.

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ChartsBin statistics collector team 2011, Ecological Footprint of Consumption Compared to Biocapacity, ChartsBin.com, viewed 15th March, 2014, <http://chartsbin.com/view/571>.
 
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