VeSeL: Village e-Science for Life Blog

Goes both ways: In London you can receive air quality info by SMS. Or sensors embedded in mobiles can detect and send radiation or pollen levels. "Grassroots citizen science" work by Eric Paulos in Ghana attached sensors to taxi drivers' phones in Ghana to measure pollution levels. Details here.

See also Urban sensing: Out of the woods: "Services such as Google Earth have driven to nearly zero the cost of this visualization measured in terms of dollars, time-to-deploy, and technical sophistication required." (See an example of the scientific use of Google Earth here.)

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Posted by Kevin Walker at 5/25/2008 10:10:00 AM 1 comments

Guardian series on development project in agricultural African village, includes information about dry land farming [video | article], good examples of dissemination/stories, and a comprehensive plan. Also good examples of maps.

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Posted by Kevin Walker at 11/10/2007 08:51:00 AM 0 comments

Technology is altering humanitarian work and now 'the first people on the ground are often computer geeks'. Donors can track shipments, workers on the ground can coordinate with each other, messages can be more easily sent to communities.

This has implications for non-emergency aid. 'The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation draws vast detailed maps showing who is vulnerable to food shortages (“poverty mapping”).' Computers can keep public health records and identify early-warning signs.

Mukuru lets people in the developed world send cash and fuel to developing countries (soon to include Kenya).

Complete story here.

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Posted by Kevin Walker at 9/01/2007 02:53:00 PM 1 comments

This report provides a new approach to integrating spatial data on poverty and ecosystems in Kenya. It is endorsed by five Permanent Secretaries in Kenya and with a Foreword by Wangari Maathai (recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize).

Labels: agriculture, kenya, map, research4development, sites, social_change Links to this post

Posted by Kevin Walker at 6/04/2007 11:44:00 AM 0 comments

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Location of VeSeL partners on Google Maps.

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Posted by josh_u at 5/13/2007 01:45:00 PM 1 comments

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Kibirigwi on fallingrain Topography, Population, Maps, Weather
Kibirigwi on Google Text, Images, Maps
Kibirigwi on Mapquest Roads & Towns

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Posted by josh_u at 10/04/2006 02:59:00 PM 0 comments

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Ndaragwa on fallingrain Topography, Population, Maps, Weather
Ndaragwa on Google Text, Images, Map
Ndaragwa on Mapquest Roads & Towns

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Posted by josh_u at 10/04/2006 02:49:00 PM 0 comments

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Maragwa on fallingrain Topography, Population, Maps, Weather
Maragwa on Google Text, Images, Maps
Maragwa on Mapquest Roads & Towns

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Posted by josh_u at 10/04/2006 02:38:00 PM 0 comments

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Kagio on fallingrain Topography, Population, Maps, Weather
Kagio on Google Text, Images, Map
Kagio on Mapquest Roads & Towns

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Posted by josh_u at 10/04/2006 02:28:00 PM 0 comments

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Kibwezi on fallingrain Topography, Population, Maps, Weather
Kibwezi on Google Text,Images, Maps
Kibwezi on Mapquest Roads & Towns

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Posted by josh_u at 10/04/2006 02:12:00 PM 0 comments

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Google Maps


Labels: Kagio, Kibirigwi, Kibwezi, map, Maragwa, Ndaragua, sites Links to this post

Posted by josh_u at 10/04/2006 01:49:00 PM 0 comments