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Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) from technology applications to collaborative mapping: involving people in the work of the UN Francesco Pisano Director of Research August 2013

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Francesco Pisano presentation in the Digital Storytelling, Crowdsourcing and Science Education for International Research and Training symposium

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Operational Satellite Applications Programme

(UNOSAT)

from technology applications to collaborative mapping: involving people in

the work of the UN

Francesco Pisano

Director of Research August 2013

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2 Introduction to UNITAR

What is UNITAR?

The mission of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research is to deliver innovative training and conduct research on knowledge systems to develop the capacity of the UN and its Member States

Since its inception in 1963: world wide network of partnerships; unique expertise, knowledge, and experience; 40,000 professionals trained each year

Growing demand from Member States and UN agencies for professional training and capacity development

Areas covered: Governance, Environment, Peace-Security-Diplomacy, Technology Applications and Knowledge Systems.

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GIS THE POWER OF WHERE

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1960 (Corona)

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SAME LOCATION, 2010, Commercial (GeoEye-1)

THE POWER OF IMAGERY

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0.6 m resolution

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15 m resolution

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SATELLITE ANALYSIS

Humanitarian Aid and Relief Coordination

• Crisis & Situational Mapping

• Damage assessment

Human Security

Monitoring

Human Rights

Safety and Security

Territorial Planning and Monitoring

Capacity Development & Technical Assistance

In-country project development

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REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IN NEED: RAPID MAPPING &

HUMAN SECURITY MAPPING

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Analytical Reports • Situational Awareness • Decision-making • Situation monitoring • Reporting and illustration • Negotiation • Tactical field coordination • Monitoring Violations of

Human Rights / IHL

ADVANCED ANALYSIS

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11 Example: RAPID MAPPING

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12 Example: SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

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13 Example: IMPACT MONITORING

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Example: CAMP MONITORING

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REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE WE NEED: CROWD

SOURCING AND COLLABORATIVE

MAPPING

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www.crowdcrafting.org

• Social Media • Crowd Sourcing • and the power of

collaborative thinking

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Thailand floods 2011: Crowd sourced (blue) live feeds Professional assessment live feeds (green) Satellite image detected flood: Red

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•Links photos by shared landmarks

• Game-like, similar to “memory”

• Greatly increases number of geotagged photos

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Deforestation is responsible for almost 20% of all global greenhouse gas (GHG).

Photo by Leonardo F. Freitas http://flic.kr/p/3eQWSk License: (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

ForestWatchers

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The goal: build a global network of volunteers to monitor forests across the world with limited means of self monitoring using a web application

Photo by Kevin McGarr http://flic.kr/p/aNVsh License: (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

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• DEMO VIDEO here

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UNOSAT

GOOGLE

AND

YOU

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UN Geographic Data BEFORE Google Map Maker

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