[OSGeo Africa] COVID-19 Geospatial Analysis

Wed May 20 09:27:06 PDT 2020

Hwever, thread carefully with the relationship between pop density and
covid-19 vulnerability, see these two papers:

https://harvardpolitics.com/columns-old/stop-blaming-urban-density-for-coronavirus/

https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/urban-density-not-enemy-coronavirus-fight-evidence-china

Stay safe

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On Wed, May 20, 2020, 12:10 G Tadonki <gtadonki at gmail.com> wrote:

> You may read this... there are more detailed papers.
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> https://www.newgeography.com/content/006600-early-observations-pandemic-and-population-density
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> Prof Georges Tadonki
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> On Wed, May 20, 2020, 11:20 Abraham Parbhunath <ParbhuA at eskom.co.za>
> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> Regards
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>> Immo
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>> On 2020/05/20 16:48, Abraham Parbhunath wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> 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
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>> 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,
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>> Prof Georges Tadonki
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>> Sent with Android
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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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Kind Regards
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>> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 11:24 AM Samantha Goodchild-Brown <
>> Samantha.Goodchild-Brown at capetown.gov.za> wrote:
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>> At a guess, no, it wouldn’t help. Not without vectors and reasons of
>> travel factored in.
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>> But that’s why we do research….
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>> *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,
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>> 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?
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>> Would this help with readiness or preparedness for future outbreaks or
>> just a futile exercise?
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>> Regards,
>>
>> Madodomzi Mafanya (CGPrGISc 0279)
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