MAPME Initiative
Versatile analysis tool for big geospatial data in the context of sustainable development
2024-04-18
Overview
- What is the MAPME Initiative?
- What tools do we develop?
- How do we use them?
MAPME Initiative
MAps for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation in the development cooperation sector
based on the principles of digital development:
- design with people
- share, reuse, and improve
- use evidence to improve outcomes
MAPME Initiative
MAPME Tooling
MAPME tooling can be found online on github.com/mapme-initiative.
Monitoring forest loss in Latin America
Open-source analysis and reporting codes developed by KfW.
Measuring project impact to reduce forest loss
Matching approach to estimate avoided forest loss presented by KfW at COP15.
Online training materials for university students
Open materials developed by IRD for a training session in Sénégal.
References
GDAL/OGR contributors. 2024. GDAL/OGR Geospatial Data Abstraction Software Library. Open Source Geospatial Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5884351.
Hijmans, Robert J. 2024. Terra: Spatial Data Analysis. https://rspatial.org/.
Lenaïg Moign, Florent Bédécarrats. 2023. French National Research Institute for Sustainable Developement. https://lenaigmoign.github.io/JUMI_R/.
Melvin Wong, Jochen Kluve, Johannes Schielein. 2022. Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW). https://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/PDF/Evaluierung/Themenbezogene-Evaluierungen/FZE_PA_onepager.pdf.
Pebesma, Edzer. 2018. “Simple Features for R: Standardized Support for Spatial Vector Data.” The R Journal 10 (1): 439–46. https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2018-009.
