[OSGeo Africa] COVID-19 Geospatial Analysis
Immo Blecher
immob19 at gmail.com
Wed May 20 08:08:51 PDT 2020
Interesting map!!! Would be nice if they would provide a little bit of
information with it on what the vulnerability actually is and what the
points are (communities? suburbs/villages?), especially for the layman
coming across the map.
Regards
Immo
On 2020/05/20 16:48, Abraham Parbhunath wrote:
>
> I also think you are on to something, but as with everything it
> depends on what level of detail was captured by the authorities. Good
> luck and we look forward to you sharing your results. Are you
> planning on integrating with a machine learning tool for forecasting?
>
> Incidentally, I am not sure if any of you have seen this map?
>
> https://circlecityinfo.co.za/covid-19-map/
>
> Regards
>
> Abraham Parbhunath
>
> *From:*Africa <africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of *G Tadonki
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 20 May 2020 16:08
> *To:* Africa local chapter discussions <africa at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo Africa] COVID-19 Geospatial Analysis
>
> Hi,
>
> It is definitely useful, and many teams are doing it right now in a
> few countries. The COVID-19 crisis has taken the demand and use of
> geospatial data to an unprecedented level in epidemiology, the
> management of health emergencies and governance. In fact, there is no
> choice, it is a matter of life and death. However, it is key that
> research is carried out by professionals, in a collaborative and
> multidisciplinary way. It must also be linked decision-making by the
> government and partners.
>
> SA and African countries must seize the opportunities offered by this
> trend.
>
> Stay safe,
>
> Prof Georges Tadonki
>
>
> Sent with Android
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2020, 06:13 Kevin Musungu <kevin.musungu at gmail.com
> <mailto:kevin.musungu at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Madodomzi,
>
> Such data is certainly useful. With sufficient data one can model
> spatial growth with time. I think it may give an insight into
> areas that are most vulnerable to pandemics especially when
> included with other data like population density, housing types,
> proximity to health facilities, sanitation, demographics etc. A
> lot of it is common sense but mapping it in a GIS environment with
> multicriteria assessment can give alot of insight into spatial
> vulnerability. The difficulty is usually in collating the discrete
> datasets because they are often held by different organisations
> but it certainly isn't futile.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Kevin
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 11:48 AM Stephen Wiggins
> <wiggins.stephen at gmail.com <mailto:wiggins.stephen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I think it would definitely help. Not a futile exercise at all.
>
> Provide assistance with understanding why certain areas are
> hotspots and other not, whereby reducing and preventing
> hotspots from occurring in these vulnerable areas in the future.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 11:24 AM Samantha Goodchild-Brown
> <Samantha.Goodchild-Brown at capetown.gov.za
> <mailto:Samantha.Goodchild-Brown at capetown.gov.za>> wrote:
>
> At a guess, no, it wouldn’t help. Not without vectors and
> reasons of travel factored in.
>
> But that’s why we do research….
>
> *From:*Africa <africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> *On Behalf Of
> *Madodomzi Mafanya
> *Sent:* Saturday, 16 May 2020 18:15
> *To:* africa at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:africa at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* [OSGeo Africa] COVID-19 Geospatial Analysis
>
> Dear List,
>
> Could the analysis of existing time and place COVID-19
> data help us understand spatiotemporal tendencies of
> pandemics and help us to simulate spatial spreads of
> future viral outbreaks?
>
> Would this help with readiness or preparedness for future
> outbreaks or just a futile exercise?
>
> Regards,
>
> Madodomzi Mafanya (CGPrGISc 0279)
>
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