[Geo4All] Geo Data, Urbanisation, Climate Changes and Tropical Africa

Thu Dec 14 01:24:03 PST 2017

Patrick and Sven

Do you think it will be a good idea on our part if we put up a team of
biologists (I have two colleagues PhD holders from Norway & USA), a
recently graduated computer scientists, some Urban Planners, a
mathematicians etc.

Re what Sven wrote (combined system architecture might be thinkable
S.S.) am also thinking of Ronalds questions about tracking – don’t we
need to build capacity in key sectors?

Don’t you think if this projects get off ground global participants
will each be interested in her/his own professional sector hence a
person on ground we could guide to be a contact with deep knowledge of
what we are doing?

Do we need a business team that can commercialise the project
immediately for viability and fund sourcing?  I see a great potential
and demand and we should be ready to meet each question timely as it
comes in. These are real probems.

Best Wishes

Daniel Bwanika

On 12/13/17, s.schade at ec.europa.eu <s.schade at ec.europa.eu> wrote:
> Dear Daniel, all,
>
> This is a big and important topic, indeed. Before looking into the possibly
> required new data gathering and knowledge sharing efforts it might be worth
> to examine how much related activities already exist with which data could
> be mobilized and integrated. From colleagues I heard at least about GBIF's
> Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) and the JRS African
> Biodiversity Challenge. These initiatives - and the like - may provide
> solutions for new data gatherings, and most likely for the data management
> and long-term access for newly gathered inputs, too. Given that e.g. GBIF is
> currently more of an option for continued data access, i.e. less suitable
> for near-real time information, some sort of combined system architecture
> might be thinkable. The organized analysis of the existing landscape, and
> the development of a governance approach for local data collections and
> their processing chains is a huge task, but certainly worth considering.
>
> At the recent UN Environment Assembly, it was announced that an African
> Citizen Science Association is in the making. Maybe you already know about
> some details - I am still looking forward to learn about this. Anyway, I
> could very well imagine that this new association could provide a very
> valuable umbrella in order to address some of these issues and to partner
> with the required organizations in order to improve the current situation on
> large geographic coverage.
>
> Best, Sven
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: GeoForAll [geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Ronald
> Fortunato [ron at trilliumlearning.com]
> Sent: 13 December 2017 14:40
> To: Patrick Hogan
> Cc: BISA-IPEG; ACUMEN; GeoForAll; Urban Geography Discussion and
> Announcement Forum; Dan Bwanika
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] Geo Data, Urbanisation, Climate Changes and Tropical
> Africa
>
> Daniel,
>
> We might be able to modify the The UN application we’re building is for
> onsite data acquisition - the field person identifies various stages of
> presence, life cycle, level of infestation, etc. The data set is then sent
> to the UN where they determine the level and schedule for treatment. And as
> Patrick requested, are pests tracked now, and how? We could possibly create
> a new app which performs similar functions for your livestock farmers, given
> the functional specifications you need. The current development acquires
> data which is designed for preventative action.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Ron
>
> Ron Fortunato
> President, Trillium Learning
> Mobile: (862) 222-2233
> Office (973) 907-2332
> Trillium Learning - Real-world Process-Based Learning
> A World Bridge® www.aworldbridge.com<http://www.aworldbridge.com>
>
>
> On Dec 13, 2017, at 8:28 AM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
> <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>> wrote:
>
> Daniel,
> How is this pest (tick) being tracked now? And what is being done with that
> information?
> -Patrick
>
> On Dec 12, 2017, at 10:53 PM, Dan Bwanika
> <bulemezi at gmail.com<mailto:bulemezi at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Pat
>
> Africa was slow, very slow in the past to handle such tragedies.  Now
> there is the urgency. Once again Africa has to be grateful for grate
> innovator and innovationns that makes it possible to highlight these
> and other similar issues in such public forums for action.
>
> One more important issue here is that Africa's forests are not only
> beautiful but enormous resources for rare medicinal drugs and other
> compounds that can save humanity from cancers, Alzheimer and such
> diseases. For evolutionists , the research possibilities are enormous.
>
> It will be huge hard work to catalogue all this data but for those
> with passion it is all rewarding and a destination to a Noble Prize
> worthy pursuing.
>
> Hopefully; researchers, inventors and innovators, students and their
> professors, tree lovers, environmental enthusiasts and professors will
> find room to do more for the betterment of humanity.
>
> Uganda welcomes all. (Ron cattle keepers in Uganda are in battle with
> ticks can you help?!)
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Daniel Bwanika
>
>
> On 12/12/17, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
> <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>> wrote:
> Daniel and the Africa Contingent,
>
> Our heart goes out to so much of humanity having to deal with a diminishing
> world due to over consumption by others.
>
> In light of this sadness, if I may, still some good news!
> First of all, the GeoForAll Lab
> www.AWorldBridge.com<http://www.aworldbridge.com/> is successfully
> delivering a UN/FAO product specifically to serve the urgent needs of North
> Africa, in addressing the recent infestation of the Fall Armyworm (moth/
> caterpillar), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_armyworm. Ron Fortunato is
> getting kudos from FAO for the monitoring system his New York Fei Tian
> University students built for FAO. I will let Ron share the details if
> anyone is interested.
>
> This is in addition to the Locust Intervention tracking system AWorldBridge
> is also building for FAO for North Africa. And of course there is also the
> OpenCitySmart work his GeoForAll labs are continuing to work on.
>
> The other good news is that there has just been a new release of ESA-NASA
> WebWorldWind! v0.9.0 (we are conservative!).
> The European Space Agency (ESA) has standardized on this platform and is
> working with NASA to accelerate its development.
> https://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WebWorldWind/releases/tag/v0.9.0
>
> Forum post:
> https://forum.worldwindcentral.com/forum/web-world-wind/web-world-wind-help/158071-web-worldwind-v0-9-0-now-available
>
> WebWorldWind is already the backbone for the ESA Sentinel apps (pretty cool
> stuff):
> Sentinel App for iOS:
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/esa-sentinel/id1036738151
> Sentinel App for Android:
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=esa.sentinel
>
> Given the UN OpenGIS group has recently selected WebWorldWind for their web
> apps, this new version will give them a powerful start.
> https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
>
> -Patrick.Hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:Patrick.Hogan at nasa.gov>
> (650) 269-2788 (c)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GeoForAll [mailto:geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Dan
> Bwanika
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 6:44 AM
> To: GeoForAll
> Cc: BISA-IPEG; ACUMEN; Urban Geography Discussion and Announcement Forum
> Subject: [Geo4All] Geo Data, Urbanisation, Climate Changes and Tropical
> Africa
>
> Forum
>
> Africa in its efforts to develop, what were once Dense Tropical forests are
> now turning into human settlements. This is where geo data science comes in
> handy.
>
> Most African countries do not have animal, insect and plant genetic data
> banks or museums.
>
> It’s a double tragedy now that climate change too is impacting this region
> negatively. The dense Tropical forests have helped Africans to survive in
> many different ways with medicinal plants and different types of forests
> foods that unfortunately are undocumented.
>
> This knowledge is crucial for sustainable development and can be lost if
> Geo
> Data Science does not establish its footprint here. Typical forest people
> with base knowledge is also rapidly disappearing.
>
> Best Wishes
> Daniel Bwanika.
> _____________________________
> Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero
>
> Daniel Bwanika
> Box 12413 Kampala
> Uganda
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> Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero
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> Daniel Bwanika
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