[Geo4All] R: Africa Agriculture, Cartography /Remote Sensing & Optimal Production

Sun Nov 26 06:28:03 PST 2017

Hi Dan,

Are you talking of a PDF attached to your last email or something else ?
Because I didn't find it.
Looking forward.

Best Regards
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*Charlie Martial NGOUNOU, Founder*
*AfroLeadership, Promoting Data Revolution in Africa*
*Tel. 00237 69999 7093,** Yaoundé - Cameroon*
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On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Dan Bwanika <bulemezi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dott Maria Brovelli
>
> It is great we can work with Dr. Massimiliano Cannata
> In fact as we now have a platform www.uidc-ea.org we can present such
> devices to local governments in East and Central Africa.
> There is much need of simple computerisation to cause organisation
> order that is lacking in this part of the world.
> How do we understand all structural bottlenecks?
> Of course interacting with locals hence simple workshops, seminars and
> conference.
>
> Have a look at the attached PDF.
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Daniel Bwanika
>
>
>
>
> On 11/26/17, Charlie Schweik <cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu> wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > This discussion is a great example of the untapped potential we have in
> our
> > network. As I proposed in my recent webinar: *Can we identify 2-4
> TANGIBLE
> > GeoForAll research or education projects where at least 2 GeoForAll labs
> > are trying to work together on a tangible project? Dan's needs for Uganda
> > might be an "application project" that multiple labs (and their students)
> > could collaboratively work on. *
> >
> > @Dan: Do you have an OSGeo wiki account [1]? I think it would be helpful
> if
> > we tried to create a GeoForAll "project page" that would outline your
> > GeoForAll lab needs or requirements re Uganda agriculture as was
> suggested
> > in another email. Then, after that we can identify one or more GeoForAll
> > labs that are willing to contribute to this project.  After that, we can
> > try and figure out the collaborative infrastructure needed to move the
> > collaboration forward. I'd push to see if we can find good students at
> > multiple labs, who might want to work on the collaborative project as an
> > independent study, as part of their educational program. We can use Zoom
> > conferencing or something like that for team meetings, and collaborative
> > infrastructure (wikis, SLACK?, Open Science Framework [http://osi.io]),
> > Github, Google Drive, for file management).
> >
> > @Maxi: I'd be interested in talking to you some time about what you are
> > doing and investigating whether there are opportunities to connect
> related
> > to the air sensor [1] and water sensor projects I mentioned earlier.
> > Perhaps your GeoForAll lab and ours in Amherst, Massachusetts might begin
> > collaborating in the geospatial IOT/environmental sensor area.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > [1]
> > http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/umass_
> professor_works_to_reduce_air_inequality_across_globe.html
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Massimiliano Cannata <
> > massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks Maria,
> >> I would suggest to take a look at Open Monitoring System Working group
> of
> >> the Open Geoscience Committee (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/
> >> Open_Monitoring_Systems_Working_Group), the project 4ONSE (
> >> http://www.4onse.ch) and the software istSOS (http://www.istsos.org) to
> >> see what we're doing with open hardware and open source...
> >>
> >> Best
> >> Maxi
> >>
> >> Il 26 nov 2017 09:29, "Maria Antonia Brovelli" <
> maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
> >> ha scritto:
> >>
> >>> Massimiliano has a long experience with IoT. They have been developing
> >>> ISTSOS and working on many projects related to sensors.
> >>> Best
> >>> Maria
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> >>> Da: Charlie Schweik <cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu>
> >>> Data: 25/11/17 23:02 (GMT+01:00)
> >>> A: "Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)" <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>
> >>> Cc: GeoForAll <GeoForAll at lists.osgeo.org>, Dan Bwanika <
> >>> bulemezi at gmail.com>
> >>> Oggetto: Re: [Geo4All] Africa Agriculture, Cartography /Remote Sensing
> &
> >>> Optimal Production
> >>>
> >>> Probably right, Patrick.
> >>>
> >>> Although I have two "existence proof" projects where students are
> >>> building relatively low-cost open source hardware for air pollution and
> >>> water pollution sensing. In the former, the students have a device that
> >>> is
> >>> under $100 and collects better data than a $1000 proprietary device in
> a
> >>> controlled environment. In the latter, there is a device invented by
> >>> some
> >>> engineering students in Bogota Colombia who are now sharing their
> device
> >>> build instructions and students at UMass are implementing their device
> >>> and
> >>> testing it. These still are cost prohibitive -- as you are suggesting.
> >>>
> >>> My only point is as we move toward the Internet of Things and lower and
> >>> lower cost sensors and things like Ardunios there is the prospect of
> >>> GeoForAll labs to begin to work on geospatially-explicit environmental
> >>> sensor collaborations in the same way we might be doing in software or
> >>> educational products. If we, as a community, want to move toward smart
> >>> cities with environmental sensors collecting data and mapping that
> data,
> >>> we
> >>> need to find applications within our network to try and start building
> >>> collaborations.
> >>>
> >>> But your suggestion on weather information is probably a very good
> first
> >>> step and great to see your GitHub project work, Patrick!
> >>>
> >>> Charlie
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <
> >>> patrick.hogan at nasa.gov> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Meant to include Suchith!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> *From:* GeoForAll [mailto:geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On
> Behalf
> >>>> Of *Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
> >>>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 25, 2017 1:11 PM
> >>>> *To:* Charlie Schweik; Charlie Martial NGOUNOU
> >>>> *Cc:* GeoForAll; Dan Bwanika
> >>>> *Subject:* Re: [Geo4All] Africa Agriculture, Cartography /Remote
> >>>> Sensing & Optimal Production
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Dan and Charlie(s) Suchith and All,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> The hardware in for tracking cows, is not a cheap passive implant but
> a
> >>>> powered collar affair, and given the cost, seems more a proposal for
> >>>> the
> >>>> Gates Foundation.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Meanwhile, getting weather and other agricultural support to these
> >>>> communities would seem a worthy enterprise.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> The thing we are weakest on is assuring each farmer has the best
> >>>> weather
> >>>> information, short range and medium range (www.ecmwf.int), and highly
> >>>> localized.
> >>>>
> >>>> https://github.com/NASAWorldWindResearch/AgroSphere/wiki
> >>>>
> >>>> https://github.com/NASAWorldWindResearch/WorldWeather/wiki
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ideally this would guidance on respective crops given the soil type
> and
> >>>> expected weather pattern. The two top winners of the Europa Challenge
> >>>> this
> >>>> past year, both NASA Intern teams, have basic apps that are relevant
> to
> >>>> serving the local farmer. I am glad to mentor any student or teams
> that
> >>>> might wish to do more serving these priorities, the same priorities of
> >>>> www.GODAN.info.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -Patrick
> >>>>
> >>>> (650) 604-5656 (o)
> >>>>
> >>>> (650) 269-2788 (c)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> *From:* GeoForAll [mailto:geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> >>>> <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] *On Behalf Of *Charlie Schweik
> >>>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 25, 2017 12:22 PM
> >>>> *To:* Charlie Martial NGOUNOU
> >>>> *Cc:* GeoForAll; Dan Bwanika
> >>>> *Subject:* Re: [Geo4All] Africa Agriculture, Cartography /Remote
> >>>> Sensing & Optimal Production
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello everyone,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> So this seems like a problem area where the GeoForAll lab network
> could
> >>>> establish a cross-university team of students to develop a low-cost
> >>>> open
> >>>> source hardware/mapping application, perhaps under a coordinated
> >>>> independent study?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Are there any labs interested in trying to do this? I *might (no
> >>>> promises yet!)* be able to find a student willing to try on my campus
> >>>> at
> >>>> the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, to try and collaborate with
> >>>> Daniel over the Internet between January-May. Anyone else?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Charlie
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 4:00 AM, Charlie Martial NGOUNOU <
> >>>> cmngounou at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Daniel
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I like what you say here.
> >>>>
> >>>> Problems you observe in Uganda are similar to what we have in Central
> >>>> Africa.
> >>>>
> >>>> We need to leverage Geo tools to cartography everything in our
> >>>> countries, because it is very difficult to locate anything here.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you !
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Best Regards
> >>>>
> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> *Charlie Martial NGOUNOU, Founder*
> >>>>
> >>>> *AfroLeadership, Promoting Data Revolution in Africa*
> >>>>
> >>>> *Tel. 00237 69999 7093, Yaoundé - Cameroon*
> >>>>
> >>>> *Click about Charlie M. NGOUNOU ?
> >>>> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/charliemartialngounou/>*
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Dan Bwanika <bulemezi at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Dear Forum
> >>>>
> >>>> Recently, I was in the northern central part of Uganda where cattle
> >>>> keepers have farms in the region of 300 -600 acres. It took me three
> >>>> hours to locate where the cows had grazed that day.
> >>>>
> >>>> Then I thought to myself, maybe if each cattle had a GPS/GSM tag, I
> >>>> would locate the cows in a few minutes instead of walking in an
> >>>> endless bush. Even then do these people need such huge land for cattle
> >>>> keeping if they had good aerial data on vegetation, water etc.,?
> >>>>
> >>>> Uganda key socioeconomic activity is still agriculture and it will
> >>>> remain the same for some time to come. Uganda if you look closely at
> >>>> the map is endowed with huge water resources.
> >>>>
> >>>> For the above reason, this country will need huge cartographical data
> >>>> on soil profiles, vegetation, crops, water sources, animal husbandry
> >>>> etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> That is how technology is converging on Africa in a massive way.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can we work together on this – get in touch.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best
> >>>>
> >>>> Daniel Bwanika
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> _____________________________
> >>>> Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero
> >>>>
> >>>> Daniel Bwanika
> >>>> Box 12413 Kampala
> >>>> Uganda
> >>>>
> >>>> t: +256-752-972-960
> >>>> f: facebook.com/uidc.uganda
> >>>> www.uidc-ea.org
> >>>> e: uidcug at gmail.com
> >>>> t: @uidc_ug
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> Charlie Schweik
> >>>>
> >>>> Professor
> >>>>
> >>>> Department of Environmental Conservation &
> >>>>
> >>>> School of Public Policy
> >>>>
> >>>> University of Massachusetts, Amherst
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "Make positive change in your sphere of influence." -- CMS
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Charlie Schweik
> >>>
> >>> Professor
> >>> Department of Environmental Conservation &
> >>> School of Public Policy
> >>> University of Massachusetts, Amherst
> >>>
> >>> "Make positive change in your sphere of influence." -- CMS
> >>>
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> >>>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Charlie Schweik
> >
> > Professor
> > Department of Environmental Conservation &
> > School of Public Policy
> > University of Massachusetts, Amherst
> >
> > "Make positive change in your sphere of influence." -- CMS
> >
>
>
> --
> _____________________________
> Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero
>
> Daniel Bwanika
> Box 12413 Kampala
> Uganda
>
> t: +256-752-972-960
> f: facebook.com/uidc.uganda
> www.uidc-ea.org
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