Geospatial Technologies for humanitarian cause– Saving & Sustaining lives

The individuals and the institutions need to recognize the potential and the limit of geospatial technologies in such a way that it serves the humanity - saving and sustaining lives. New innovations and breakthroughs have broadened the horizon and numerous tools, methods and approaches have empowered this system. There has been advancement in data collection, visualization and analyzing tools. For instance, the use of deep learning and Artificial Intelligence has automated the mapping process which then would have taken years to accomplish. There has been geometrical progression in gathering, storing, processing and delivery of geospatial data in mediums like PCs, wireless sensor network and cloud computing (Timo Lüge, 2014). The geospatial tools, mindsets and context must be used to reshape the geospatial governance through upgraded analytical tools from optimized hot spotting to spatial regression for hypothesis on humanitarian need and aid (Reliefweb, 2019).

Keywords: geospatial science, humanitarian, saving lives, technology

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