Tag: Spatial Collective
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Kenya Digital Public Works
Between 2021 and 2022, we carried out a project called Kenya Digital Public Works. Here’s a short description of the project with more on the way in the future. The goal of the Digital Public Works project was to produce the information necessary for informal settlement upgrading by engaging with and providing short-term employment opportunities…
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Thoughts on Analyzing and Visualizing Text Messages
This blog post discusses the challenges of analyzing text messages and how to make the data useful.
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Nungwi, Chwaka, and Makunduchi Mapping
In 2020 and 2021, Spatial Collective provided mapping services for Zanzibar’s Nungwi, Chwaka, and Makunduchi settlements. The project fell under the broad framework of the Tanzania Urban Resilience Program and was meant to showcase how locally accessible, low-cost technologies can support resilience building and urban development planning by producing high-quality spatial information. Specifically, the assignment…
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Community Mapping Urban Risks in Mwanza
In late 2020 and early 2021, Spatial Collective (SC) carried out the Community Mapping of Urban Risks in Mwanza under the broad framework of the Tanzania Urban Resilience Program (TURP). To complete the project, the company partnered with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and OpenMap Development Tanzania (OMDTZ). This assignment intended to showcase how locally…
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Mtaa and COVID-19
Informal settlements are often missing from the geographic and statistical representation of countries. Nairobi’s informal settlements are no exception. Very little information is available on the quality and quantity of public institutions and amenities, public services, or on the population itself living in the areas. They are often not even represented on official maps. This…
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Household Survey
This is part of a series on the Industrial Training of Students on Zanzibar by Spatial Collective. You can read parts one, two, three, four, five, and six here. One of the topics covered during the training was on using mobile phones to collect data on households. The goal was to introduce the students to…
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Mapping Drainage
This is part of a series on the Industrial Training of Students on Zanzibar by Spatial Collective. You can read parts one, two, three, four, and five here. As mentioned in previous blog posts, at the start of the training, the students met with the stakeholders from the civil society, government and the private sector…
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Half a million buildings mapped
This is part of a series on the Industrial Training of Students on Zanzibar by Spatial Collective. You can read parts one, two, three, and four here. Building upon previous efforts (read here and here), the State University of Zanzibar students finalized digitization of buildings on the Zanzibar Archipelago (Unguja and Pemba Islands). Fifty students…
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Creating a Base Map of Zanzibar
This is part of a series on the Industrial Training of Students on Zanzibar by Spatial Collective. You can read part one, two and three here. Geo-services are becoming an essential part of the fabric of society and geographical information is now interwoven with many aspects of life. Key to that service is accurate, up…
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Summary of the work completed so far on Zanzibar
In June, we signed the contract for the work on Tanzania Resilience Academy. Shortly after that, on June 16, we visited Zanzibar where we met the Resilience Academy team, reviewed the venue and equipment, discussed the plans for the training, and organized logistics for our team. In July, we prepared a Curriculum for the Industrial…