The IDEAMAPS Network received reports of evictions last weekend in Mosafejo/Idiaraba #communities (Kosofe LGA, Lagos, Nigeria). As a network of stakeholders #mapping and generating better data about #slums and #DeprivedAreas, we are concerned about impacts of #evictions in communities. #ForcedEviction is traumatic and disruptive, and often leads to long-term social and economic consequences whilst exacerbating vulnerability of those affected. The IDEAMAPS Network calls for urgent and coordinated action between #communities, #LocalGovernment and other stakeholders in #Lagos to address underlying conflicts and prevent #homelessness. We remain committed to improving #participatory #data production to inform #decisionmaking.
IDEAMAPS Network
Research Services
Integrating our silo-ed approaches to "slum" mapping to generate routine, accurate maps of deprived urban areas at scale
About us
The IDEAMAPS Network was launched in 2020 by the IDEAMAPS Project with funding from a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) grant. The network and project both grew out of workshops hosted by the African Population and Health Research Center, Slum Dwellers International – Kenya, and UN-Habitat in Nairobi in 2019. The IDEAMAPS Network welcomes field-based community mappers, local governments, academics, and data scientists to collaborate and map deprived urban areas routinely and accurately at scale in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this network is to develop and maintain an Integrated DEprived Area MAPping System (IDEAMAPS) that leverages the strengths of our current silo-ed approaches to "slum" area mapping.
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https://linktr.ee/ideamaps
External link for IDEAMAPS Network
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IDEAMAPS Network team members will be leading several events at the World Urban Forum in Cairo, Egypt from 4 to 8 November 2024. Here’s the lineup of our events ⬇️ 🚀 05 November at 3PM (Time Zone: UTC+02:00): Inclusive Data and Digital Tools for Informal Settlements https://lnkd.in/e9PMBjsm - This event includes the release of the IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem Platform 🌐 06 November at 9AM (Time Zone: UTC+02:00): Inclusive Data Innovations for Mapping Urban Deprived Areas, Peripheral Territories, and Informal Settlements https://lnkd.in/eCUdJ_uJ 🌆 06 November at 1PM (Time Zone: UTC+02:00): Transforming Urban Futures - Data, Climate Justice, and Community Co-Production https://lnkd.in/eS5SxvDa 📢 06 November at 3PM (Time Zone: UTC+02:00): Leveraging Digital Technologies to Solve the Last-Mile Problems for Localizing SDG 11 Indicators on Housing and Informal Settlements https://lnkd.in/e4kt4zyr 💡 07 November at 9AM (Time Zone: UTC+02:00): Professionalizing Community Data Collection - Building on the Data4HumanRights Curriculum https://lnkd.in/emKFSDTU #WUF12 #ItAllStartsAtHome #ItAllStartsLocally #ItAllStartsTogether #ItAllStartsNow
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Over the past two years, the IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem team and stakeholders have been developing a digital tool to present and validate data on urban deprivation and assets in the cities of Lagos & Kano (Nigeria) and Nairobi (Kenya). 🏙️ We are proud to announce that the first public version of the IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem Platform will be launched in the coming weeks at the World Urban Forum in Cairo, Egypt. Following the launch event (https://lnkd.in/e9PMBjsm) on Tuesday, 5 November 2024, the Platform will be available for large-scale, open data validation in Lagos, Kano, and Nairobi. 🌐 Stay tuned for more information about how you can explore and interact with the Platform after its official release! 🚀 #WUF12 #ItAllStartsLocally #Lagos #Kano #Nairobi #DataValidation
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IDEAMAPS Network reposted this
Join our session #AGU24 on Examining the Impacts of #ClimateChange on #Slums and #Marginalized Communities in the Cities of the Global South (American Geophysical Union) We are in the midst of a planetary crisis. Although climate change is a global phenomenon, it has uneven local consequences. The locus of extreme impoverishment can be noted in many slums and poor informal settlements of the Global South. With over 1.1. billion population, these areas deal with poverty, socio-economic inequality, inadequate infrastructure, health hazards, and environmental degradation, compounded by their locations in undesirable and at-risk areas. Therefore, it is critical to address the problems marginalized communities face to build resilient and just societies. 👉 Submission: https://lnkd.in/eey4iMsn ⏰ Deadline: 31 July 2024 We organize this session together with Anurupa Roy & Jacob Arndt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Dana R Thomson (Columbia University & IDEAMAPS Network), and Monika Kuffer (Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente, IDEAtlas ITC, IDEAMAPS Network & #Space4ALL (NWO (Dutch Research Council)). Please share the session invitation!
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This June, our partners in Kenya and Nigeria conducted participatory action research in Lagos, Kano, and Nairobi to gather data on community assets. Our goal? To update OpenStreetMap, making it more reflective of essential resources and landmarks as defined by the communities themselves. 🗺️✨ A big thank you to all the participants who generously contributed their time, knowledge, and energy to this initiative. Read more here (https://lnkd.in/e86tRXWN) and stay tuned for more updates on our progress. #CommunityMapping #OpenStreetMap #ParticipatoryResearch #Lagos #Kano #Nairobi #CommunityAssets #IDEAMAPS
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IDEAMAPS Network reposted this
Join us for IDEAMAPS Network Family Sessions & Presentations at IEEE #IGARSS – IDEAtlas ITC – ONEKANA – SPACE4ALL - #AI Advancements for Modelling Urban #Deprivation - Spatial Inequalities - linking to #ClimateJustice - #SustainableDevelopment -> 7 - 12 July, 2024 • Athens, Greece -> IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) -> Invitation to join our Network Session: MO4.R12: Data-centric AI for Geosciences II Link: https://lnkd.in/eKxRCCZu Paper Title: EFFICIENT TRAINING OF SLUM MAPPING MODELS USING DATA SHAPLEY APPROXIMATIONS Time: Monday, 8 July, 16:20 - 18:00 Session: WE1.R12: Addressing Urbanites' Wellbeing in a Holistic Manner within the SDGs' Frame II Link: https://lnkd.in/eGmNk3Vf Paper Title: HEAT EXPOSURE OF DEPRIVATION THROUGH AIR TEMPERATURE MODELLING Time: Wednesday, 10 July, 09:00 - 10:40 Session: WE4.R12: AI, EO and Big Geospatial Data to Support the Urban-Poverty-Related SDGs I Link: https://lnkd.in/eXq6uk6N Time: Wednesday, 10 July, 17:20 - 19:00 Paper Title: LARGE AREA MAPPING OF URBAN DEPRIVATION FROM SENTINEL-2 AND GOOGLE OPEN BUILDINGS USING DEEP LEARNING Paper Title: USER AND DATA-CENTRIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR MAPPING URBAN DEPRIVATION IN MULTIPLE CITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE Paper Title: EFFICIENT TRAINING OF SLUM MAPPING MODELS USING DATA SHAPLEY APPROXIMATIONS Paper Title: ONEKANA: MODELLING THERMAL INEQUALITIES IN AFRICAN CITIES Paper Title: SEMI-SUPERVISED ‘SOFT’ EXTRACTION OF URBAN TYPES ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRIVATION Please share: Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente Claudio Persello Mariana Belgiu Raian V. Maretto Florencio Campomanes V Anne Dijkstra Lorraine Oliveira Angela Abascal Sabine Vanhuysse Stefanos Georganos Chrysoulakis Nektarios Jiong Wang Dana R Thomson Ryan Engstrom Qunshan Zhao Grant Tregonning João Porto de Albuquerque Marc Paganini Dr. Binti Singh Priam Pillai jati pratomo Peter Elias Caroline Kabaria Juan Manuel D'Attoli Julio Pedrassoli Patricia Brito Juan Pablo Ospina Zapata Elio Atenógenes National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI) Andrea Ramirez Santiago BELSPO NWO (Dutch Research Council) EARSeL Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation European Space Agency - ESA
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Congratulations to Anaclaudia Rossbach !
Many congratulations to Anaclaudia Rossbach for being appointed as Executive Director of United Nations UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme). I'm proud of seeing a Brazilian women in this important post, and even happier for this to be someone with the experience and impressive track record of Ana Claudia with whom I had the pleasure to have productive discussions about our shared passion in the IDEAMAPS Network around the use data innovations to support inclusive upgrade of urban informal settlements and communities. I wish you the best luck and success on the post Anaclaudia Rossbach! https://lnkd.in/engSerFb
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IDEAMAPS Network reposted this
📢 Exciting job opportunity! We're hiring a Research Associate in Urban Analytics (Grade 7, fixed-term 18 months) to work on our IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The project will co-design and develop a participatory data-modelling ecosystem to produce deprived area maps routinely and accurately at scale across cities in lower-middle-income countries (LMIC) to support multiple local stakeholders in their decision-making. The post requires PhD or equivalent research experience in urban analytics, remote sensing and geospatial statistics, as well as substantiated knowledge of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods applied to Earth Observation geospatial data (e.g., satellite imagery, sensors, street view images), alongside an interest in doing collaborative research to tackle social and spatial inequalities. Full details and application: https://ow.ly/EyMG50RhSqg *Please note the short deadline for applications: 1 May 2024.
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Great opportunity to join our network as a Research Associate at the Urban Big Data Centre of University of Glasgow
🔥 Cool job alert 🔥 There is still time to apply to join us as a Research Associate in Urban Analytics at the Urban Big Data Centre of the University of Glasgow to work on our IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: https://lnkd.in/eKvMsJkE. The project will co-design and develop a participatory data-modelling ecosystem to produce deprived area maps routinely and accurately at scale across cities in lower-middle-income countries (LMIC) to support multiple local stakeholders in their decision-making. The post requires PhD or equivalent research experience in urban analytics, remote sensing and geospatial statistics, as well as substantiated knowledge of machine-learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods applied to Earth Observation geospatial data (e.g., satellite imagery, sensors, street view images), alongside an interest in doing collaborative research to tackle social and spatial inequalities. This is an opportunity to develop your leadership skills and work on cutting-edge research with significant societal impact, working closely with our international IDEAMAPS Network,Qunshan Zhao, Monika Kuffer and Ryan Engstrom. Attention for the short deadline for applications by 1 May: https://lnkd.in/eiTivSeh We are a welcoming and inclusive community, and would be glad to take any related questions or informal queries (just message me). Please free to forward and help us disseminate this opportunity to potentially interested!
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Abstract submissions are open for the AGILE 2024 Conference in Glasgow (June 4, 2024), where IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem will co-host the workshop "Mapping with communities: contemporary approaches and challenges." We welcome you to share your experiences, methodologies, and digital innovations in engaging communities with #geospatial data. Extended abstracts will be accepted through May 20th and can be submitted to mappingwithcomm@glasgow.ac.uk Follow the link here for further conference details: https://lnkd.in/evc3UkQG #agile #glasgow #mappingwithcommunities #giscience #citizenscience #participatorymapping #technology
📢 Call for contributions! Are you passionate about mapping with communities? Join us at the “Mapping with communities: Contemporary approaches and challenges” workshop at #AGILE2024 conference on June 04. Share your experiences, methodologies, and digital innovations in engaging communities with #geospatial data. Submit your extended abstract by May 20 to mappingwithcomm@glasgow.ac.uk. #Mapping #AGILE #GIScience
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