GIS
Data Visualization as a New Way to Tell Your Story
Dairy Herd Size Concentrations in the Central Valley, CaliforniaThis map shows the number of dairy cows in California doubling over time. It helps tell the story that the increase in the amount and concentration of animals and their waste is contributing to air and water pollution.
Finding hidden patterns in complicated decision-making scenarios; analyzing and visualizing large amounts quantitative data; understanding your community and constituency; presenting the results of your research and experience to busy audiences who are difficult to engage with: Geographic Information System (GIS) software has the potential to help with all of these crucial and difficult activities.
If you feel overwhelmed when making complex, data-driven decisions or if you have trouble communicating your hard-won insights to key policy-makers, funders, and constituents, join TechSoup Global on Feb 24th to discuss what GIS is and how it can help nonprofits.
GIS Put to Use in Myanmar
It had been awhile since I'd played with Google Earth, but Jim Prosser at Direct Relief International gave me a good reason this morning: DRI has used GE to map the official health clinics and hospitals in Myanmar.
When you first access their KML overlay, it looks like Myanmar is stuffed with health clinics, but zoom in a bit, particularly on the hard-hit Irrawaddy Delta region, and you'll get some small idea of the miles and miles an injured person might have to traverse to find adequate medical attention.
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