The document discusses open satellite data and geospatial information systems (GIS). It notes that satellites gather high-fidelity, real-time data about locations and conditions on Earth, oceans, atmosphere and socioeconomic factors. Examples are given of how such data has been used for applications like analyzing global climate change, earthquake activity, earth and ocean science, helping with disasters through early warnings, and creating a multi-billion dollar weather and GPS industry. The document advocates for open data and citizen science, including crowdsourcing to solve food security challenges and correcting data. It asks what GIS data is needed in Uganda and suggests ways to utilize and explore such open data.

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Reaching for the Sky:
Open Satellite Data
Jeanne Holm
University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA)
@JeanneHolm

2. Uganda Geospatial Data
S Satellites gather data to monitor the Earth => GIS
(geospatial information system)
S Such data is high-fidelity, real-time views of locations
or conditions from the ground through the upper
layers of the atmosphere
S Atmospheric data
S Earth data
S Ocean data
S Socioeconomic data
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4. Global Climate Change
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5. Analyzing Data
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6. Analyzing Data
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8. Earthquake Activity
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9. Earth and Ocean Science
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100,000+ collections
349 citizen apps
500,000 data
resources
175 agencies
410 APIs
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Helping others
through a disaster
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700,000 downloads of a
transportation app using
data from Data.gov
Early warnings save lives
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Hurricanes and Emergencies

13. Deep Water Horizon Disaster
Lower images are the oil slick as seen from
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Creating a multi-
billion dollar
industry
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15. Weather Data + GPS =
$100B Industry
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Crowdsourcing
Data
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17. USAID Food Security Challenge
S USAID wanted to develop apps to
increase food security
S “Crowdsourcing the questions and
crowdsourcing the solutions”
S Three Ideation Jams  Code-a-
thon and a Data Palooza
S 10,000 data entries corrected with
145 volunteers in 16 hours with
85% accuracy
S http://idea.usaid.gov/g8
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19. http://www.usaid.gov/results-and-data/progress-data/data/dca
Map at: http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/usaidcredit/
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20. Creating Citizen
Scientists
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22. What GIS Data Do You Need?
S Working with the Government of Uganda to
understand open data needs
S Collecting needs, ideas, and requests
S @JeanneHolm
S jholm@ucla.edu
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23. What Will You Do?
S Explore geospatial data in Uganda
S Identify an issue within and between regions
S Create a map
S Create an app
S Join Africa Open Data MeetUp
S International Open Data = Ebola Data
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