Desert Locust Information Officers from ten countries (Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen) and the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA) participated in the 6th annual workshop held at the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Regional Office in Cairo, Egypt. The workshop is an informal forum where participants exchange problems and solutions regarding tools they use for Desert Locust monitoring and early warning such as eLocust2 (handheld data logger and satellite transmitter), remote sensing imagery, and RAMSESv3 GIS for data management and analysis. FAO provides a report card on how countries have been doing in terms of quality and timely reporting as part of the early warning system. The workshop contributes to maintaining an effective and updated system. This year's workshop focussed on training in the new open source version of RAMSESv4 as well as a demonstration of the new revolutionary version of eLocust3. The workshop was organized by the FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) and conducted by the FAO Senior Locust Forecasting Officer who was assisted by three resource persons.

1. SWAC/CRC
Locust information officer workshop 2013
RNE, Cairo (Egypt)
Keith Cressman, FAO

2. workshop programme
21 3
eLocust3
RAMSESv4 install/uninstall
RAMSESv4 use
reporting
2012 followup

3. DESERT LOCUST
REPORTING
APRIL 2012 - MARCH 2013

4. 2
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3
Quality
DJI IRN
OMN YEM ETH
SOM SUD
EGY PAK
SAU
IND
ERI
APRIL 2012 - MARCH 2013

5. 2
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3
Timeliness
DJI ETH IRN OMN SAU YEM SUD
EGY
IND SOM
PAK
ERI
APRIL 2012 - MARCH 2013

6. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Number of reports
IND
SUD
EGY
OMN
YEM SAU PAK ERI
ETH SOM
IRN
DJI
APRIL 2012 - MARCH 2013

7. 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
IND
SUD
SAU
EGY
PAK
YEM
OMN
IRN
ERI
ETH
RAMSES DATA 2012-13

8. -0.5
-0.25
0
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
OMN ERI
EGY SUD IND
SAU
+
COMPARED TO 2011
QUALITY
SOM
YEM PAK ETH DJI IRN -

9. 0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6 SOM
ETH
ERI
SUD
PAK
+
COMPARED TO 2011
TIMELINESS

10. EGY ERI ETH IND IRN PAK SAU SOM SUD
report every 3 days
during outbreaks
X X X
control totals differ X X
ramses data not sent X X
monthly bulletin late X X
duplicate reporting X
ramses data + map show
swarms but not in text
X
no data summary
(sau: during outbreak)
X X
insufficient summary &
analysis (fortnightly bull)
X
pdf is a scan only X
map is word doc not a pdf X
no reports received
sep
mar
May-
Sep,
mar
May,
Jan-
Mar
may
jul

11. dear all,
Please find herewith attached DL situation report during the above sujecte4d period and RAMSES output data for the same
period>
Kind regards
--
Information and Forecasting Unit
Locust Control Section (LCS), PPD
P. O Box 14
Khartoum North, Sudan
Direct Tel: (+249) 85 337437
201304090414.xls (157 KB) DL situation…l.pdf (39 KB)
Desert Locust <ppdlocust@gmail.com>
To: FAO DLIS <eclo@fao.org>, Keith DLIS <keith.cressman@fao.org>, “Mamoon AlAlawi” <Mamoon.AlAlawi@fao.org>, Lidia
Naguib <lidia.naguib@fao.org>, “Saudi locust centre” <locust.jeddah@gmail.com>, Abdullatif Abdulsalam <alateef7@gmail.com>, "Khalifah,
Essam (FAORNE)" <Essam.Khalifah@fao.org>, Khidir Gibril Musa <khidrigibrilmusa@yahoo.com>, "Eltoum M.Abbas PCA"
<awad.abass8@gmail.com>, eliasamin55@hotmail.com, Nassor Al-Harthy <Nassoralharthy@gmail.com>, "Kamal Suliman (Kamal Suliman
[kamalsuliman@hotmail.com])" <kamalsuliman@hotmail.com>, Locust Egypt <locust_egypt@yahoo.com> , “Adel Shaibani”
<Info.Officer@yemen.net.ye>, “Fuad” <fuadbahakim@gmail.com>, Nassor Seif Al Harthy Nassoralharthy@gmail.com>, “Oman”
<dlumaf@omantel.net.om>, “Ethiopia Kassahun” <empreseth.fao@ethionet.et>, Hiruy Asghedom <heruyasg@moa.gov.er>, Mehari
tesfayohannes <meharitg@dlcoea.org>, "Jones, Zoie (TCEO)" <Zoie.Jones@fao.org>, "Agobia, Charles (FAOSD)" <Charles.Agobia@fao.org>
Cc: “CRC-Locust” <CRC-Locust@fao.org>, Eritrea DLIO <tsium209@gmail.com>, Ethiopia DL <ghibefi@gmail.com>, “Ethiopia Kassahun”
<empreseth.fao@ethionet.et>, "Felege 2 (felege.elias@dlcoea.org.et)" <felege.elias@dlcoea.org.et>, Neldjibaye Rassei
<anla_tchad@yahoo.fr>, “Ybelayneh” <ybelayneh@usaid.gov>
DL situation during 9th - 14th April 2013
20 April 2013 15:24
2 Attachments, 195 KB
85 ha
Report TotalRAMSES Total
6 days
8 days
RAMSES data: 9-12 April
3
problems
1
2
3

12. subscription data data vs. sub
EGY 192.00 58.63 3
ERI 112.00 7.92 14
ETH 80.00 0.00 80
OMN 64.00 4.51 14
SAU 160.00 23.43 7
SOM 32.00 0.00 32
SUD 240.00 132.88 2
YEM 48.00 0.88 54
IND 256.00 66.88 4
IRN 144.00 15.40 9
PAK 400.00 22.11 18
eLocust2

13. Locust information officer workshop 2012
follow up
1. eLocust2: if only 1 stage present, do NOT use dominant
2. every survey + control team must use eLocust2
3. check export files before sending to DLIS
4. DLIOs must know habitat and join survey teams

14. RAMSESv4
intro • tour • exercises

15. RAMSESv4 team

16. learning RAMSESv4
Intro Tour Exercises
•architecture
•java
•sys reqs
•menus
•vector
•raster
•layer menu
•view menu
•plug-ins
•file menu
•windows

17. openjump
+
Postgis / PostgreSQL
spatial databaseGIS

18. what is java ?
a programming language
required to run custom applications
fast, secure, reliable
platform independent
free

19. how does java work
an application
uninstall from the Control Panel

20. How to determine the Operating System
and RAM size on your PC
1. go to the desktop on your PC
2. right-click with the mouse on My Computer
3. select Properties
4. you will see the information
1
2 3
4

21. external hard disk drive
WD SES Device Driver
installation_sequence install
uninstall
data Raster_Data
Static
Dynamic
iri
modis
composite
drying
evi
greening
ndvi
docs
updates
blue_marble
crop_production_value
landsat
natural_earth
srtm
topo_30
tpc
2008-12

22. openjump
+
Postgis / PostgreSQL
spatial databaseGIS

23. what is java ?
a programming language
required to run custom applications
fast, secure, reliable
platform independent
free

24. Participant Country OS Language RAM Partner Country
Felege DLCO-EA W7 E 4 Orion Eritrea
Osama Egypt W7 E 4 Yara Egypt
Hiwot Ethiopia XP E 2 Tedros Eritrea
Zebdewos Ethiopia XP E 3.5 Hussien Sudan
Pramod India XP E 2 Charma India
Chalaki Iran W7 E 6 Eshatti Sudan
Khalid Oman XP E 3 Pramod India
Nassor Oman W7 E 4 Marwan KSA
Shabaz Pakistan W7 E 6 Khan / Charma Pak/India
Abdellatif KSA W7 E 4 Saeed KSA
Hussien Sudan W7 E 2
Eryani Yemen XP A 3 Saeed Yemen
Essam CRC XP E 3.5 Khaled Egypt

25. vector raster

26. install
Java
Java Advanced Imaging (JAI)
OpenJump
Postgis/PostgreSQL
RAMSES
uninstall
Java (manual)
Java Advanced Imaging (JAI)
OpenJump
Postgis/PostgreSQL
RAMSES
User

27. XP issues
PROBLEM
after successful install, it does not start
SOLUTION
change memory 1512->1000:
1. go to c:Program Files
RAMSES-4.0.0binoj_windows.bat
2. make backup copy first - copy/paste
3. Find 1512 and change to 1000
4. Save
alt-control-delete: task manager
background processes use RAM -
end some of these

28. W7 issues
PROBLEM
Uninstall error after starting: Uninstaller did not find install.bat
SOLUTION
Do manual uninstall, or
Copy installation_sequence folder from HDD to desktop
PROBLEM
cannot uninstall Java
SOLUTION
download and apply Uninstall Java Patch
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/Program_Install_and_Uninstall

29. 1. upgrade to Windows 7
2. minimum 4GB RAM (6GB is better)
recommendations

30. 1. temporarily disable anti-virus programs
2. close all windows and apps
3. XP with 2+ GB RAM
4. W7 as Admin (right-click - Run as… and set in Properties)
5. copy installation_sequence folder to desktop and uninstall
from there
RAMSESv4 tips
install / uninstall

31. 1. zoom in first, then add hi-resolution backgrounds (Landsat, TPC)
2. don't update Java6
3. Greenness maps - to make gray background transparent:
(a) right-click on layer
(b) Change Raster Image Properties
(c) tick - Do you want a color to be set to be transparent
(d) RGB tab
(e) resize window
(f) RGB=100/110/110
4. if get error during query, restart RAMSESv4
5. Greenness map (and some other dynamic images) selection – only FROM date
6. monthly rainfall anomaly (difference from norm) vs. aggregate (month total)
7. use eLocust3Importer plug-in to enter, update and correct data manually
RAMSESv4 tips
usage

32. 1st time use
install
index data
Normal use
start-up
Layers Menu - Locust data

33. FILE VIEW
WINDOW
PLUG-IN
LAYERS

35. Vector layer
Raster layer
right mouse click

36. HDD docs
STM
install - Windows 7
install - XP
uninstall

37. Bitbucket
provide feedback to RAMSES Dev Team
https://bitbucket.org/faodlis/
fao_openjump/wiki/Home