Open GIS in Uganda

@mapuganda

10 Building Blocks for an Open Data Initiative

http://www.opendataimpacts.net/2012/08/ten-building-blocks-of-an-open-data-initiative/

Leadership and bureaucratic support

Source: European Digital Archive of Soil Mapshttp://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdb_archive/eudasm/africa/lists/cug.htm

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Leadership and bureaucratic support

• Geo-IM Working Group– UBOS– Office of the Prime Minister

• National Spatial Data Infrastructure– UBOS or NPA?

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license. Created August 19, 2005 by Mark Dingemanse Source: Wikipedia Www.wikipedia.org

Datasets

(c) ACODE, Uganda

Source: http://digitaljournal.com/image/50420

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Datasets

• Geo-IM Cluster– Mostly provided by UBOS– http://www.ugandaclusters.ug/geo-im.htm

• Ministry of Water• RAFU & NFA still closed• International• OpenStreetMap• 3 times a week in the paper!!

Ministry of Water

Source: Ministry of Water and Environmenthttp://www.mwe.go.ug/

© OpenStreetMap contributors, CC BY-SA

OpenStreetMap

© OpenStreetMap contributors, CC BY-SA

Licences

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Licences

• Only the Parishes dataset

Data standards

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Data standards

• Projections• Files vs. Services

Data portals

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Data portals

• Geo-IM Cluster•

Interpretations, interfaces and applications

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Interpretations, interfaces and applications

• Samples

Www.devtrac.ug

Www.ugandawatch.ug

Water & Illness

Sources

• Ministry of Water• CountryStats

Kasese

• Pink: Highest % Chronical Ill / family• Green: Use of Yard Tab•

• Conclusion: The use of Yard Tabs increases the risk of chronic Illnesses

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• (Deep Boreholes are safest)

Outreach and engagement

• Mappingday– Www.mappingday.com–

Capacity building

• Mappingday!• Makerere• Potential: Hackathons

Feedback loops

• UReport• TracFM• Data is a Process, not a Project

Policy and legislative lock-in

• General Open Data legal Framework

Q & A

reinier.battenberg@fruitsofthought.orgTwitter: @batje

Harvard AfricaMap

• http://worldmap.harvard.edu/africamap/