[Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo4All Cartographic Challenge – How Openness can help to reduce inequality

Tue Feb 16 12:21:20 PST 2016

Dear ICA/ACI,

The ICA organization is to be highly complimented for their tremendous contribution to mapping for almost 60 years now! (in 2019)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cartographic_Association

Your leadership and vision is dearly appreciated! And like you, we too are proud of our support for the UN, and will continue to do what we can there.

The UN goal to “Reduce inequality within and among countries” is a very important concept to map.

Progress here will have a significant impact on sustainability for life on Earth.

I look forward to finding ways we might help facilitate more revealing maps of our world.

It’s harder to fix what you can’t see and transparency is key! We need more MAPS!

https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/global-distribution-household-wealth

https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/wealth-distribution-income-inequality

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-02/its-1-world-who-owns-what-223-trillion-global-wealth

http://www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=1040

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/11/18/ipcc-official-%E2%80%9Cclimate-policy-is-redistributing-the-worlds-wealth%E2%80%9D/

http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/03/26/the-nations-are-poorer-than-you/

http://infotipsoverload.blogspot.com/
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QIS32sw5Tok/T54MPPyDVEI/AAAAAAAAAS0/O-OhU-ZkJ-k/s1600/b80b6eeb.jpg

-Patrick
Project Manger
NASA WorldWind

From: ica-osgeo-labs [mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Silvana Camboim
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 9:29 AM
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Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo4All Cartographic Challenge – How Openness can help to reduce inequality

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This year is International Map Year [1], a worldwide celebration of maps and their unique role in our world. It’s organized by the International Cartographic Association (ICA) and supported by the United Nations (UN).

To celebrate this year, ICA Commissions are preparing a series of activities to demonstrate the ability of Cartography helping to solve global issues, accordingly to the UN Sustainable Development Goals [2]

The result of this will be a poster exposition and an Atlas published by ICA. Each goal (there are 17) will have one poster. The Open Source Geotechnologies Commission got the Goal number 10 (“Reduce inequality within and among countries”). Under this goal, there are 7 targets detailed in page 21 of this document [3].

UN Sustainable Development Goal 10 –  Reduce inequality within and among countries

10.1  By  2030,  progressively  achieve  and  sustain  income  growth  of  the  bottom 40 per cent of the population at a rate higher than the national average
10.2  By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of  all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
10.3  Ensure  equal  opportunity  and  reduce  inequalities  of  outcome,  including  by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard
10.4  Adopt  policies,  especially  fiscal,  wage  and  social  protection  policies,  and progressively achieve greater equality
10.5  Improve  the  regulation  and  monitoring  of  global  financial  markets  and institutions and strengthen the implementation of suchregulations
10.6  Ensure  enhanced  representation  and  voice  for  developing  countries  in decision-making in global international economic and financial institutions in order to deliver more effective, credible, accountable and legitimate institutions
10.7  Facilitate  orderly,  safe,  regular  and  responsible  migration  and  mobility  of people,  including  through  the  implementation  of  planned  and  well-managed migration policies
10.a  Implement the principle of special and differential treatment for developing countries, in particular least developed countries,in accordance with World Trade Organization agreements
10.b  Encourage  official  development  assistance  and financial  flows,  including foreign direct investment, to States where the needis greatest, in particular least developed  countries,  African  countries,  small  island  developing  States  and landlocked  developing  countries,  in  accordance  withtheir  national  plans  and programmes
10.c  By  2030,  reduce  to  less  than  3 per cent  the  transaction  costs  of  migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors withcosts higher than 5 percent

This challenge is a call for all Geo4labs for inputs to construct this poster in an open and collaborative way. The idea is to expand the poster to a website, where projects, applications, and other solutions could be shared. This is a great opportunity to showcase the labs outcomes in the UN environment in this very sensitive and important global issue.  Any other ideas on this project are welcome!

How to participate:
§  Send and abstract from 500 to 1000 words include as many pictures of classes, projects, field works, mapathons, and, of course, maps and map interfaces.
§   Optional: Video with up to 5 minutes presenting your lab activities.
§   Send the results to geo4all.cartographicchallenge at gmail.com<mailto:geo4all.cartographicchallenge at gmail.com> until March 31st, 2016.

During the month of April, the posters layout ideas will be open to vote and collaboration.

Outputs :
§     Poster and ICA Atlas
§     Website with results and edited video
§     Publication of the abstracts with ISBN

Best regards,

Silvana Camboim (chair) – silvanacamboim at gmail.com<mailto:silvanacamboim at gmail.com>

Mike Finn (co-chair) - mfinn at usgs.gov<mailto:mfinn at usgs.gov>

Open Source Geotechnologies Commission – http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/

[1] http://mapyear.org//

[2] https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/

[3] http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/70/1&Lang=EICA

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