📊 How can digital trace data improve crisis response?
At Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week, WorldPop’s Dr Sarchil Qader discussed how signals from mobile phones and online platforms can help estimate population movement during emergencies - supporting faster, better-targeted aid.
Read the blog 👇https://www.worldpop.org/blog/using-digital-trace-data-to-understand-human-movement-in-crises/
#HumanitarianData #CrisisResponse #DataForGood #HumanitarianTech
How can open #geodata support better decisions in humanitarian response, infrastructure planning, and climate action?
In our latest blog post, we present five open datasets that support humanitarian aid, infrastructure planning, and climate research. Each dataset is free for everyone to explore. 🔍
🔗 https://buff.ly/XtrsABo
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📍Where people are right now matters in a crisis. WorldPop is turning anonymised social media data into real-time population insights for smarter aid. 🌍📊🚨
#HumanitarianData #PopulationMapping #DisasterResponse #GeospatialScience #SDGs #DataForGood
🌍 Counting Everyone, Everywhere: The Power of Small Area Population Data
🗓 Date: November 18, 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM (London)
🌍 Organiser: #OpenGeoHub
🔗 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vpY1J1NaRd-Esgqhv4GA9A#
Join WorldPop Research Fellow Dr Somnath Chaudhuri as he explores how high-resolution, open-access population datasets are transforming the way we understand and respond to human needs worldwide.
#DataForGood #PopulationData #Geospatial #OpenData #HumanitarianData
Accurate population data is essential for activities ranging from humanitarian response to climate adaptation, but accessing reliable and up-to-date information is often challenging. In these data-scarce settings, high-resolution population estimates can be produced using statistical models that combine geolocated survey data with geospatial datasets. WorldPop works to fill this gap by producing high-resolution, open-access population datasets. Based at the University of Southampton, the research group integrates census data, satellite imagery, and statistical and machine learning models to generate global population estimates by age and sex at a 100-meter spatial resolution. These datasets address major gaps in traditional demographic data, which are often outdated, incomplete, or unavailable especially in low- and middle-income countries. The resulting spatial databases are applied across multiple sectors, including disease modelling, disaster risk assessment, resource allocation, poverty mapping, and urban and environmental planning. By mapping healthcare access and population movements, WorldPop enables targeted interventions for vaccination, epidemic control and humanitarian response. A key component of the initiative involves collaboration with national statistical agencies, UN agencies and health organizations to build local analytical capacity and co-develop sustainable data systems. The project’s commitment to open data, transparent methodologies, and continuous user feedback ensures that outputs are reproducible and continuously improved. Through these efforts, WorldPop contributes to global goals of inclusive development by ensuring that every person, everywhere, is represented in population data.
📣Beta test our new global #population #data - 2015 to 2030
⬇️Now freely available to download ⬇️
https://www.worldpop.org/blog/beta-test-our-new-global-population-data-2015-to-2030/
🌍 Kontur's сontributions to the рumanitarian sector
Since 2020, Kontur has published over 500 datasets on the HDX (Humanitarian Data Exchange) platform! 📊✨ These resources are being utilized by humanitarian organizations around the globe, and we’re excited to share the usage statistics with you.
You can find them at https://data.humdata.org. If you're looking for something specific or have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected]! 📧🤝
Interested in learning more about MapSwipe's history and its contributions to the #geospatial data space? 🔍 Check out our #StoryMap here!
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4ed670067e9647b5b2f23d107b6d36ea
#mapswipe #mapping #humanitarian #HumanitarianData #gis #osm #data #missingmaps
This survey seeks to understand how you use data to respond to humanitarian crises. It is timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX), an open platform for sharing data across crises and organizations. We would like to hear from people who use HDX as well as those who do not. The results will help us to further develop the platform and related services to increase the use and impact of data in the humanitarian sector. The survey should take 10-15 minutes to complete. A summary of the findings will be shared publicly. The survey is being conducted by OCHA’s Centre for Humanitarian Data, which manages the HDX platform. OCHA upholds the highest standard of data protection for your personal data. We will not share personal data with third parties and will only share aggregated and anonymous analysis of survey results.
📆 Mark your calendars for #MesureDev2024
Privacy, bias, governance & other issues around #data & #AI for development
Apply by Feb 25 to be a speaker
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Learn more about the conference 👉 wrld.bg/Y44K50QAl8S
📈 The World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement offers access to more than 370 #datasets accounting for a representative sample of #refugees or internally displaced people (#IDPs) from 53 low- and middle-income countries.
Unlock detailed insights into global forced displacement through rigorous microdata analysis. Explore the complexities of refugee and IDP challenges, revealing key data gaps and trends from the World Bank and UNHCR.
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