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The Role of Geospatial data in the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

In November 2017, OpenStreetMap statistics indicated that there are 4.3 million users with over 3 million changesets per day on OpenStreetMap. This positive impact can not only be attributed to crowdsourcing initiatives by various spatial communities like OpenStreetMap and YouthMappers local chapters, but also to the availability of geospatial software and high resolution satellite imagery. This, therefore, leads to the greater availability of open spatial data with uses in academic research, navigation, emergency response and various applications.

Geospatial information is important in developing solutions to real-world problems since all problems are location-based hence all solutions should be location-specific. This event will include an open discussion on how geospatial information has and can be used in the achievement of the 2030 SDGs and a mapathon.

Organizers

YouthMappers Kenya

Contact

Laura Mugeha (mugeha.okole@gmail.com)