Have you found yourself wanting to find some satellite data but didn’t what to look for? You are not alone. Navigating satellite data is not easy. A large number of satellites orbiting the earth collecting information different parts of our planet as captured in the image by esa (European Space Agency). ESA has been dedicated … Continue reading Earth Observation Data or Satellite Data
Where are all of the world’s deserts?
Have you ever wondered how much it rains in different parts of the world? Where does it rain the most? Where does it rain the least? We were also curious so we created two maps using global monthly rainfall data from 2020. For the total annual rainfall map we added all of the rainfall for … Continue reading Where are all of the world’s deserts?
Temperatures and how they relate to plants in the garden
As summer slowly approaches and one starts to think about the garden and the plants to select for the garden, an important consideration is temperature. Depending on where you live, you will want to select a proportion of plants that will survive from one year to the next, otherwise you will constantly be replacing plants, … Continue reading Temperatures and how they relate to plants in the garden
Malaria: how is malaria risk changing in Africa?
In a previous post we highlighted that malaria cases were on the rise and to tackle vector-borne diseases such as malaria requires good monitoring strategies and cohesive data systems are needed. In 2006 the Malaria Atlas Project was started with the aim to create a comprehensive database of malaria around the world and develop global … Continue reading Malaria: how is malaria risk changing in Africa?
Mapping mosquito vectored diseases: an integrated geographic data approach
Mapping mosquito vectored diseases: an integrated geographic data approach Malaria cases continue to rise with a disproportionate number of cases occurring on the African continent as captured by the map created by the Malaria Atlas Project. In 2023 263 million cases were reported with over 600,000 deaths. Now with the vaccine and technologies that make … Continue reading Mapping mosquito vectored diseases: an integrated geographic data approach
Games for raising awareness of disaster-health outcomes
Over the years I have participated in many cooperative games both at work and with my kids. In particular, we used to play Max where we had to safely get the little critters to their home without Max, the cat, catching them. This meant strategizing, working together and discussing with each other how we were … Continue reading Games for raising awareness of disaster-health outcomes
Suitability Analysis
Recently I was putting together a short tutorial where the participants were going to use a suitability analysis approach to create a map. During the process I realised that I had not explained this process clearly so here is my short post about suitability analysis. Suitability mapping methods (also known as overlay or multi-criteria decision … Continue reading Suitability Analysis
Interpolation Methods for spatial data
Spatial Interpolation Methods For those of you new to interpolation methods. Interpolation is a procedure used to predict the values at locations that lack sampled points. It is based on the principle of spatial autocorrelation or spatial dependence (e.g. Tobler’s First Law of Geography), which measures degree of relationship or dependence between near and distant … Continue reading Interpolation Methods for spatial data
Courses
Are you interested in learning more about Spatial Data Science? Since this has become a really hot field to be in before you decide this is the career path for you try some short courses. Working with data and dealing with data is not everyone's cup of tea. Although this is a highly technical field … Continue reading Courses
Are you feeling the heat?
2023 was recorded to be one of the hottest years ever . This past month we have already seen some high temperatures in different parts of the world. Ghana has had hot temperatures - abnormal for this time of year with some areas reaching a heat index of nearly 50C. Philippines has reported hot temperatures … Continue reading Are you feeling the heat?
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