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GIS in support of ICRC Operations

GISday Nyon Nov19, 2014

René Saameli , GIS Coordinator, ICRC rsaameli@icrc.org

20 Million beneficiaries

12’000staff

80 Countries

Where map producs are needed in ICRC

Top man. HQ

Program managers

Project managers

Field teams

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Village Structure

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ICRC GIS Services

• Production of maps (Paper, Geoportal, Dynamic web maps, ... )

• Advise units on how to collect field data (Mobile devices, Sharepoint lists, ...)

• Advise units on how to put their data on maps (data structure, Formats, templates,...)

• Maintain the ICRC Geo-Referential Data GIS support to autorities (Water, Detention, ...)

Products: Traditional paper maps

Products: ICRC Geoportal Built by arxiT on ArcGIS in 2011

Current GIS trends in ICRC :

• Geoportal is the mothership, the ‘One stop shop’

• Need for dedicated simple thematic web portals

• Less ‘map-centric’ approach

• Need for drill down capacity (data exploration)

• Need to mix of Text, Charts and Maps

• Mobility and Mobile data

• Paper maps will remain the best for the field emergencies

ICRC Operations map portal

Gaza Crisis Map viewer 2014

Thematic Dashboards

Less ‘map-centric’…

The search for data in the Humanitarian field…

…today

…a few years ago

…from search to harnessing

Thank you for your attention

René Saameli , GIS Coordinator, ICRC rsaameli@icrc.org