UN Vector Tile Toolkit - Latest optimal web mapping technology for UN operations and Member States

"Partnership in Geospatial Information & Technology for United Nations Operation"

Joint Event organized by the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations and United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology

held at United Nations headquarters, New York

Transcript

1. Latest and optimal web mapping technology for UN operations and Member States UN Vector Tile Toolkit
2. 2 Web maps changed our daily life.
3. 3 The platformers’ web maps are great, but it does not always fit for all purposes.
4. 4 Sometimes public organizations need different maps.
5. 5 Public organizations deserve the latest technology. Make it possible.
6. Demo 6
7. Technology part 10
8. 11 Web maps are built with Tiles.
9. 12 Old method New method
10. 13 Image Tile Vector Tile Painted Image Machine- readable data
11. 14 Image Tile Vector Tile 35KB 9KB
12. Timeline 2010 Vector Tiles were first introduced to a smartphone platform 2014 First open source Vector Tile specifications and software 2018 We started the UN Vector Tile Toolkit 15
13. The UN Vector Tile Toolkit 16 A open source toolkit to help organizations to provide vector tiles, designed to be used with existing and proven open source software. Key achievements ü Developed in an open source way. ü 10 times faster vector tile production. ü Interoperability with enterprise frameworks.
14. Community 18
15. Technology grows only when it is shared 19 Specialized Member State authority Specialized United Nations services Specialized technology How can we sustain this shared technology?
16. Technology grows only when it is shared 20 Specialized United Nations services Specialized Member State authority Community of engineers
17. Community building 21 Online On-site
18. 22 UN Vector Tile Toolkit Optimize performance Disseminate disaster risk information Visualize agricultural plots
19. One more thing 23
20. Project continues toward a more portable Toolkit 24 Deployment and technology transfer are next challenges after initial development. A tiny $35 computer originally developed for education and IoT is promising. We expand our contribution by making the technology easier and portable.