Our Outputs

Academic papers and research outputs from the IDEAMAPS network.

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2024
2024 IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem Stakeholder Workshops Report
Test of the web platform, validation activities, and summary of results
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2024
2024 IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem Stakeholder Workshops Report
Test of the web platform, validation activities, and summary of results
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2023
Modelling Brief #1: Process to select datasets to model
Updates from the Data Ecosystem modelling team
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2023
Mapping Deprived Urban Areas Using Open Geospatial Data and Machine Learning in Africa
An output of the Data Ecosystem project, this study demonstrates an approach to map deprived areas within and across cities using open-source geospatial data.
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2023
Co-Design Phase #1 Report
Co-Design Phase #1 Report follows on the Data Ecosystem project work carried out in Lagos and Nairobi in 2023 and discusses the participatory research approach.
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PROJECTS WE’RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON

2022 - 2025
Currently Active
IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem

LAGOS, Nigeria - NAIROBI, Kenya - KANO, Nigeria

To co-create an integrated data ecosystem that enables routine, accurate mapping of slums, informal settlements, and other deprived areas across LMIC cities 

Currently Active
IDEAtlas

Mexico City, Mexico - Medellín, Colombia - Salvador, Brazil - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Lagos, Nigeria - Nairobi, Kenya - Mumbai, India - Jakarta, Indonesia

The primary objective of IDEAtlas is to develop, implement, validate and showcase advanced AI-based methods to automatically map and characterize the spatial extent of slums from Earth Observation (EO) data.

Currently Active
Data4HumanRights

Data4HumanRights develops together with JEI and Community Mappers training materials to professionalize the training of community data collectors. We are presently developing a set of 28 short training units.

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