assisting the community of yei, republic of south sudan with gis

Assisting The Community Of Yei,

Republic Of South SudanWith GIS

By Jacob S. GillyAdviser Dr. Frank Hardisty

Outline

• Background

• Summary

• Goals

• Questions/Comments

Project Overview

• Create a GIS with few resources

• Identify minimum resources required

• Provide a model for others to follow

• Train recipients to use the GIS

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Motivation

Clean Water Access

Sanitation

Roads

Healthcare

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Yei, Republic of South Sudan

Located at the intersection of major trade routes that connect Sudan to Uganda and The Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Yei Background• Civil Wars devastated the land from 1955 to 2005 • On July 9, 2011 The Republic of South Sudan is created Clean drinking water is not available to everyone Sanitation; trash is burned and sewer is buried• Residents depend heavily on humanitarian aid Most of the main roads were destroyed Inadequate health care • Population explosion • Extreme poverty• Basic resources are scarce

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Organization and Communication

• Government structure

• Many stakeholders

• No plan to facilitate communication

• Many needs, few resources

• Various experience levels

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How Can GIS Help?

• Viewing data

• Publish maps

• Calculate distances and routes

• Create attribute tables

• Create overlays for simple analysis

• Spatial analysis

• Raster analysis

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Can It Be Done?

The Southern Downs Region

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SoftwareRankings from 1 to 3

1 Meets or surpasses criteria

2 Somewhat meets criteria

3 Does not meet criteria

Criteria  

Fusion Tables QGIS uDig

User Friendly 2 1 2

Training Materials Provided 1 1 1

Requires Minimal Computer Resources 1 1 2

Stable Environment 1 2 2

Active Collaboration Environment 1 2 2

Can Create Hard Copies 1 1 1

Supports Rastor and Vector Data 3 1 1

WMS and WFS capabilities 3 2 1

Secure access to Sensitive Data 1 2 2

AVG 1.56 1.44 1.56

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Quantum GIS

Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a powerful and user friendly Open Source GIS that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows  

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Architecture

Yei

Data Collection

Product Output

MyselfGPS Data

GIS Layers

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Can It Be Implemented?

• Measureable Benefits

• Training

• Communication

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Contacts• Dr. Frank Hardisty Penn State Adviser• Karen Combs Kingsport, TN City Planner,

Worked with Officials in Yei on 20yr. plan

Godwill Soro Eliaba Head Surveyor City of Yei Asega Joseph James City Planner City of Yei Candiru Lilly Thomas City Planner City of Yei Steve Hodges Long time missionary to Yei,

Involved in many aid programs

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Goals Of The Project

• Help the people of Yei by providing a GIS to aid in city planning and communicate rebuilding efforts.

• To create a model that can be used as a template or guide to creating a GIS with very few resources.

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Helping Yei

Existing layers to be included in model: Polygons Lines Points Buildings

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Helping YeiBackground / Summary / Goals / Q&A

Yei GIS As A Model

Use limited resources to create a tool powerful enough to aid in city planning

At the same time create a model that can be replicated using minimal resources

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Training

Nothing to install or downloadRecord on your MAC or PCPlays everywhere even on iPhonesIt’s completely FREE!

Take a picture or make a short videoShare it instantlySimple and free

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Questions?

USAID Project Map South Sudan http://www.southsudanmaps.org/Yei.html

Learn more about QGIS http://www.qgis.org/

Learn More about Google Fusion Tables http://www.google.com/fusiontables/public/tour/index.html

More on the newly formed nation http://www.goss.org/

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