[OSGeo Africa] Prof Barry Dwolatzky of Wits University and

[Hanlie Pretorius]

The CSIR's mesozones might be helpful. It contains (among other
attributes) the dominant economic activity per zone. That might be
useful in assessing the economic impact of the virus?

Hanlie

> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 04:53:15 +0000
> From: Chris Yelland <chris.yelland at ee.co.za>
> To: "africa at lists.osgeo.org" <africa at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: [OSGeo Africa] Prof Barry Dwolatzky of Wits University and
> 	the Johannesburg Centre of Software Engineering (JCSE) seeks advice
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> Hi Colleagues
>
> Please see below from my Associate at EE Business Intelligence
> www.eebi.co.za<http://www.eebi.co.za>, Prof Barry Dwolatzky
> Barry.Dwolatzky at wits.ac.za<mailto:Barry.Dwolatzky at wits.ac.za> of Wits
> University and the Johannesburg Centre of Software Engineering (JCSE). If
> you can assist him, I would be grateful:
>
> Starts...
>
> I'm working in support of a group of Wits Data Scientists and AI experts who
> are assisting Government with predicting COVID-19 impact. The group is
> developing a Dash Board and other tools to support those managing the
> response to the disease.
>
> The Dash Board is at:
> https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/15817068-62f2-4101-8e0f-385e2ddd9326/page/1M
>
> There was also a report this morning by a Wits/UJ research group (GCRO) that
> is relevant to what I need advice on:
> https://www.gcro.ac.za/outputs/map-of-the-month/detail/mapping-vulnerability-to-covid-19/
>
> I've been tasked with finding out who has sources of geographically-indexed
> data that could be used in combination with COVID data in populating the
> Dashboard, and in generating maps such as the GCRO one. Such geospatial data
> would also be necessary in implementing AI tools. We need data covering the
> whole country.
>
> My first thoughts are census data and IEC data. Can you think of anything
> else? Access to data would also need to be negotiated. The work is being
> strongly supported by Dept of Science and Innovation, and other parts of
> government.
>
> I'm hoping that you might be able to put me in touch with someone you know.
> Any advice you can give would help tremendously. Its quite urgent.
>
> ... ends.
>
> If anyone can assist Prof Barry Dwolatzky please contact him on
> Barry.Dwolatzky at wits.ac.za<mailto:Barry.Dwolatzky at wits.ac.za>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Chris
>
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