Geospatial Analysis

Overview

Geospatial analysis involves the collection, manipulation and display of data with geographic coordinates.

IMOs with the mapping skillset spend most of their time identifying trends and relationships between humanitarian issues and places to provide an overview of the humanitarian situation.

Mapping and Geospatial Analysis - Examples

• United Nations Institute for Training and Research post-Typhoon Haiyan geospatial analysis for the Philippines

• Digital Humanitarian Network Maps

• Humanitarian Gap Analysis The purpose of gap analysis is to identify the difference between the desired state and the actual state

• HIC Darfur - Map of IDP Camp in Excel.xls (This Darfur map shows a creative use of basic technology for displaying cartographic information) 

Other Resources

Articles and Reports:

• Humanitarianism in the Network Age

• Geospatial Responses to Disasters: The Role of Cyberspace
  Background discussion on humanitarian mapping by ESRI

• World Disaster Report

Community and Open Source Network:

• Humanitarian Open Street Map 

• Crisis Mappers Network

Guidance

Manual of Geospatial Data, OCHA 2014

GIS and Geospatial Data Management, OCHA 2007