GeoHumanitarian Action
The department of geoinformatics, University of Salzburg, runs research in the new developments in the Earth observation for Humanitarian Action in Christian Doppler Laboratory.
In the winter term 2021/22 students looked at the civil conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, from different perspectives. Benjamin summarized the current state of art of the weather observations for food security. The use of the applications is assessed in efficiency for the humanitarian actors in Cabo Delgado.
Technology through remote sensing brought many advances to sustainable agriculture monitoring. Vegetation, soil moisture indices can be calculated at multiple scales globally. The gigantic opportunity is followed by the need to move from data to knowledge.
Over the last years, the opportunity of handling the rich data in geospatial models is demonstrated in user-friendly web applications. The map applications work with open data and are delivered to the public freely and openly. The openness allows decision-makers and humanitarian actors to predict and target the need for humanitarian aid using evidence-based methods.