Open Data for Resilience

Talk given on GIS day at eHA campus in Kano.

Transcript

1. Open Data for Resilience Dami Sonoiki GIS Manager
2. • We need access to open data like never before Why Open Data? Why now? • We have the ability and technology
3. Insecurity HAT disease Ebola Malaria Family Planning Polio Measles Hunger Agriculture and Land Use Multi-faceted Challenges
4. Geospatial Information Enhance Decision Making
5. What is Open Data • “Open data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose” • opendefinition.org • “Open Data is free, public data that can be used to launch commercial and nonprofit ventures, do research, make data- driven decisions, and solve complex problems.” • Open Data 500
6. Who Produces Open Data Government Citizens Non Governmental Organizations Academic Institutions Private Organizations Intergovernmental Organizations
7. Open Data Portals • Hosted (AGOL) feature services • ArcGIS for Server feature services • ArcGIS for Server map services • Image services • CSVs • Other - Web maps, URLs, Word docs and PDF • Other services via Koop Source: Safe Software – Open Data Portals • Leading open source data portal with over 300 open source data management extensions. • Particularly suited for large organizations. • Easy data uploading. Fast search experience. • A rich JSON API. • CKAN can plot geographic data in an interactive map • Integrates CKAN features into Drupal • Simple to deploy and maintain • Complete set of content management features • Especially suited to anyone using Drupal • Self-hosted or cloud version available • Real world: used by data.gov.uk • SaaS Platform • Provides a standard data portal as well as APIs that enable developers to integrate data into their applications. • Used by Government of Chile, City of Sacramento, City of Palo Alto
8. Open Data Portals • Proficient working with large datasets, as they leverage Elasticsearch, which ensures near realtime search and analysis. • SaaS platform • Geospatial format support • Data publishing and management via live dashboards Source: Safe Software – Open Data Portals • Easy to publish data to Socrata using a WebUI, desktop sync tool, or API • Upload CSV, Excel, and TSV files natively with support for Shapefiles, KML, KMZ, and GeoJSON • There is both a published and working copy of the dataset • Many tools around metadata management and workflow • Efficient search • Rich set of tools allow you to visually inspect data • Metadata is not front and center: the focus is on the information within the data itself • Impressive analytics tools
9. Open Data at eHealth Africa
10. Open Data at eHealth Africa
11. Open Data at eHealth Africa CKAN Data portal - data.ehealthnigeria.org WebGIS Platform – gis.ehealthnigeria.org
12. Open Data at eHealth Africa OpenStreetMap Contributions
13. Spatial Data Infrastructure
14. Open Data at eHealth Africa OpenStreetMap Contributions Others contribution to Road network data in Nigeria on OpenStreetMap eHealth Africa contribution to Road network data in Nigeria on OpenStreetMap Combination of eHealth Africa and other contributors to road network data in Nigeria on OpenStreetMap eHealth Africa’s contribution had been more in the project states in the north and recently extended to cover all of the country to support some of our national projects.
15. Open Data at eHealth Africa OpenStreetMap Contributions 2012 2015 2013 2014 2012 2013 2014 2015 34,578 66,694 137,711 145,960 Settlement update from 2012 to 2015 2012 9% 2013 17% 2014 36% 2015 38%
16. Open Data at eHealth Africa OpenStreetMap Contributions 2013 2014 2015 2013 31% 2014 6% 2015 63% Progressive update of Health Facility data (2013 to 2015) Total = 9,860
17. How You Should Share your data PDFs Connect directly to Datastore Appropriate Coordinate System Suggested Formats: Tabular: • CSV • JSON (API) Spatial: • GeoJSON (API) • Shapefile Supplementary Formats: Tabular: • Excel • XML Spatial: • AutoCAD DXF/DWG • Esri File Geodatabase • GML • KML • Mapinfo TAB Good Quality Source: Safe Software – Open Data Portals
18. Open Data Portals in Nigeria