Kenyans collaborate with international mappers to complete first free and open map of Africa’s largest slum: Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya

Map Kibera to shed new light on details of troubled slum for public use

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I've gotten a couple queries about that group I mentioned, GISCorps, so wanted to post the info here. GISCorps (http://www.giscorps.org) provides geospatial professionals for all sorts of purposes, including humanitarian relief and human rights and mapping of all sorts. They have some extremely experienced folks ready to be volunteers, so if you have needs go ahead and submit a request to them. If you need help formulating your request or deciding what to as… Continue

The concept of the "RusselSat" was briefly discussed in Cleveland. I had looked into the issue of my own satellite a couple years ago, though it was of course dubbed LarsSat, and found the costs were very significant. I wrote the below memo on the topic and had one of my staff update it for this group to give you an idea of what is involved. Note that this assumes we are looking for a satellite with one meter resolution or better. We find this quality to be best for human rights purposes, and th… Continue

Hi,

The Camp Coordination & Camp Management (CCCM) cluster is looking for a consultant to develop a needs assessment surveillance application. For information, here is an introduction to needs assessments

The offer is posted in :
reliefweb

Application Developer
United Nations High Commissioner… Continue