[OSGeo Africa] COVID-19 Geospatial Analysis

Wed May 20 09:10:28 PDT 2020

You may read this... there are more detailed papers.

https://www.newgeography.com/content/006600-early-observations-pandemic-and-population-density

Prof Georges Tadonki

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On Wed, May 20, 2020, 11:20 Abraham Parbhunath <ParbhuA at eskom.co.za> wrote:

> Hi Immo.  Try viewing the map on a desktop in full screen.  The legend
> comes up. I think they correlate/infer vulnerability to density of
> infection.
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> Regards
>
> Abraham Parbhunath
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> *From:* Africa <africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of *Immo
> Blecher
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 20 May 2020 17:09
> *To:* africa at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo Africa] COVID-19 Geospatial Analysis
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> 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?
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> https://circlecityinfo.co.za/covid-19-map/
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> Regards
>
> Abraham Parbhunath
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> *From:* Africa <africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
> <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>
> <africa at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo Africa] COVID-19 Geospatial Analysis
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> Hi,
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> 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.
>
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> SA and African countries must seize the opportunities offered by this
> trend.
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> Stay safe,
>
>
>
> Prof Georges Tadonki
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> On Wed, May 20, 2020, 06:13 Kevin Musungu <kevin.musungu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Madodomzi,
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> 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
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> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 11:48 AM Stephen Wiggins <
> wiggins.stephen at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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> 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> *On Behalf Of *Madodomzi
> Mafanya
> *Sent:* Saturday, 16 May 2020 18:15
> *To:* africa at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [OSGeo Africa] COVID-19 Geospatial Analysis
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>
>
> 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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