This section highlights SERVIR-Africa's efforts in the development, refinement, and use of tools and models. One can also search the Community Resource Registry for tools and models that the geospatial community collectively has put into the public domain.
|
|
While a large amount of raw remotely sensed data (satellite imagery) are available globally, there is currently a shortage of routinely updated land cover data that is systematic, integrated, and comparable at the local, national and regional levels. To address this limitation, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) developed the Rapid Land Cover Mapping (RLCM) Tool.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
SERVIR-Viz is a customized version of NASA's free, open-source, web-enabled, 3D earth exploration tool known as WorldWind. As with other mapping browsers such as Google Earth, SERVIR-Viz allows users to zoom to any place on Earth and tilt the viewing angle so that they can "fly" across a 3-D terrain. The software taps into remotely-hosted framework data layers, maps, and satellite images and other SERVIR products in an interactive, 3D globe environment.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Scientists at the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology (IAGT) and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) developed a plug-in for SERVIR-Viz that allows users of IRI's Malaria Map Room and desert locust monitoring tools for Africa to click on any point on a 3D globe to get detailed time series of rainfall and other data.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
The Climate Mapper, developed by IAGT for SERVIR-Viz, project designers access to historical weather data as well as projections of climate change. Users can zoom into specific areas and view summarized data in the form of charts and graphs. The data also can be exported to a spreadsheet application.The Climate Mapper grew out of USAID's effort to develop its Climate Change Adaptation Guidance Manual. The Climate Mapper now serves the entire globe, excluding the polar regions.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
TerraLook consists of three parts. The first is a tool to select and order (for free) images of interest, and this is done using the USGS GloVis website. The images include recent high-resolution ASTER images, plus Landsat images from several historical periods going back to the early '70s. Such historical data supports change analysis. The second TerraLook component is the Image collections themselves, which use standard image (and vector file—for the image footprints) formats. The third is the software tool that is used to interact with the images and shapefiles. TerraLook software, which is open source, was created to provide an easy path to the collections for all users, especially those with no prior experience with remote sensing or GIS.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Tools & Models