using gis data for uganda
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Reaching for the Sky:
Open Satellite Data
Jeanne HolmUniversity of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA)@JeanneHolm
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Uganda Geospatial Data
Satellites gather data to monitor the Earth => GIS (geospatial information system)
Such data is high-fidelity, real-time views of locations or conditions from the ground through the upper layers of the atmosphere Atmospheric data Earth data Ocean data Socioeconomic data
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Global Climate Change
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Analyzing Data
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Analyzing Data
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Earthquake Activity
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Earth and Ocean Science
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100,000+ collections
349 citizen apps500,000 data
resources175 agencies
410 APIs
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Helping others through a disaster
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700,000 downloads of a transportation app
using data from Data.gov
Early warnings save lives
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Hurricanes and Emergencies
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Deep Water Horizon Disaster
Lower images are the oil slick as seen from space by NASA's Terra satellite on 24 May 2010
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Creating a multi-billion dollar
industry
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Weather Data + GPS = $100B Industry
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Crowdsourcing Data
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USAID Food Security Challenge
USAID wanted to develop apps to increase food security “Crowdsourcing the questions and
crowdsourcing the solutions” Three Ideation Jams Code-a-
thon and a Data Palooza 10,000 data entries corrected with
145 volunteers in 16 hours with 85% accuracy
http://idea.usaid.gov/g8
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http://www.usaid.gov/results-and-data/progress-data/data/dca
Map at: http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/usaidcredit/
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Creating Citizen Scientists
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What GIS Data Do You Need?
Working with the Government of Uganda to understand open data needs
Collecting needs, ideas, and requests
@JeanneHolm
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What Will You Do?
Explore geospatial data in Uganda
Identify an issue within and between regions
Create a map
Create an app
Join Africa Open Data MeetUp International Open Data = Ebola DataFebruary 26, 2015