Uncharted territory
Language: English Series: Modus ; June 2017, 26-30(5)Publication details: 2017Subject(s): Summary: Describes several projects (Missing Maps, What3words, OpenStreetMap) which address a lack of geographical data in the places where humanitarian organisations and other NGOs work, trying to put the vulnerable communities on the map and help to prevent the spread of diseases. Another project, City Verve, is aiming to connect the Manchester city's health, transport, environment and other services to the web with sensors and the internet of things (IoT) to create a hyper-connected, hyper-efficient smart city framework. The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) puts Earth observation data from multiple resources on to a world map.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | L159663 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 159663-2001 |
Describes several projects (Missing Maps, What3words, OpenStreetMap) which address a lack of geographical data in the places where humanitarian organisations and other NGOs work, trying to put the vulnerable communities on the map and help to prevent the spread of diseases. Another project, City Verve, is aiming to connect the Manchester city's health, transport, environment and other services to the web with sensors and the internet of things (IoT) to create a hyper-connected, hyper-efficient smart city framework. The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) puts Earth observation data from multiple resources on to a world map.