Presentation Slides for JavaScript Developers' Meetup, Kathmandu - September 3, 2016

1. Making Data Actionable Using Open
Mapping Technologies
Pratik Gautam
Web-GIS Engineer
Kathmandu Living Labs
JS Developers’
Meetup
3rd September, 2016
Kathmandu

2. OpenStreetMap
Volunteer mapping
Many of Nepal’s mountain roads were mapped by trekkers
Most cities and roads were mapped by student enthusiasts
Most airports were mapped by enthusiasts

3. Between 2012 and 2016
Kathmandu, 2016

4. Between 2012 and 2016
Gorkha, 2016

5. Pokhara Mapping, 2016

6. Tools and Technology
● Mapping:
Smartphones with GPS, Satellite Imagery, Map Editor
● Map Visualization using JavaScript:
Leaflet.js

7. Ok, but how is this useful?

8. Navigation
Search
Custom-Styled Maps
Usage

9. “Unrelated” Data
Ward-level construction
projects for year 2014-15
model4g.net

10. “Unrelated” Data
More examples
● Brick Kiln issue
http://www.icimod.org/?q=20155
● Issued licenses for Hydropower Projects
http://www.doed.gov.np/construction_license_for_generation.php
● Drinking water quality: how clean is the water we drink?
http://therisingnepal.org.np/news/945

11. Contextualizing Data with Maps
● Map of Ward-level Projects for year 2014-15
http://model4g.net/ne/projects/71-72
● Brick Kilns in Kathmandu before the 2015 earthquake
http://www.kathmandulivinglabs.org/mapbrickkiln/
● Hydropower Projects in Nepal
http://www.kathmandulivinglabs.org/hydropower/
● Drinking water quality
http://www.kathmandulivinglabs.org/water/

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