Why Openness and capacity building are key for

harnessing the potential of GeoStatistics for

Informed Decision Making ?

Suchith Anand

Open Geospatial Labs are being established worldwide to scale up research and teaching globally as part of the ICA-OSGeo MoU

Historical perspective on GeoStatistics

data acquisition / storage / exchange

conflation / data analysis / geocomputation

for general public / for practitioners /for researchers

Didier Leibovici et al

GLOBAL SOCIETAL PROBLEMS: access

to water, sanitation, traffic congestions,

economic sustainability, citizens’ health,

impact on environment …

Mapping is a critical component to help

understand and develop solutions

Proprietary software tools are very

expensive (hence unavailable) for

economically poor countries and

communities worldwide What is the point

of having all the open data if we do not

have access to the tools?

Why is Geoeducation & capacity

building important?

Kibera , Kenya

Dharavi, Mumbai http://www.flickr.com/photos/56685562@N00/2340042701

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8485582@N07/7365580810

Integration of Geospatial and statistical tools play a key role in helping find solutions to global societal challenges

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Why is Openness Important?

Geo for All - Making Geospatial education and opportunities accessible to all

Image Credit: NOAA/NASA GOES Project

Need for Open Principles

• Open source software.

• Open data.

• Open standards.

• Open access to research publications.

• Open education resources

GeoForAll fundamentally is based on Open Principles

Hunger Poverty Innovation www.godan.info

Spatial Patterns in the genetic variation of Bambara groundnut

8 Roberto Santos et al. 2016

Geospatial Standards (for ex. OGC spec.)

Maturity of open source software (for

ex. OSGeo stack)

Open Data

Ability for showing the operation of general laws

is fundamental for scientific research

Unique convergence of many key developments that made Open Geospatial Science possible

Science is NOT a Black Box

Open Geospatial Science builds upon the idea of Open science that scientific knowledge of all kinds are able to be develop more rapidly and in a more productive manner if openly shared (as early as is practical in the discovery process). The key ingredients to make Open Geospatial Science possible is Open Principles (open source geospatial software, open data, open standards and open access to research publications) .

Open Geospatial Science key for harnessing the potential of Data revolution

Vision 2030 Science should always be open

Geospatial Science should be fully build on Open Principles Transparency of research is fundamental (no black boxes or proprietary barriers).

Geospatial Science = Open Geospatial Science

Open Geospatial Labs are being established worldwide to scale up research and teaching globally as part of the ICA-OSGeo MoU

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/open-innovation-open-science-open-world-vision-europe

UN Global Service centre, Brindisi, Italy 7-11 March 2016

Why Openness in Geostatistics?

helps in harnessing the potential of

GeoStatistics for Informed Decision Making

• empowerment of staff and students

capacity building

developing creative and open minds in students which is critical for building open innovation

contributes to building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of the whole society and for our future generations.

Thanks to all colleagues in the “Geo for All” initiative

http://www.geoforall.org

Image Credit :NASA/ESA

Synergies of joining minds on a common mission makes the seemingly “impossible” possible

Let us all join to eradicate extreme poverty and enable shared prosperity for all

Geo for All – Empowering communities for a better world