Our Projects

A network of projects supporting the creation of data resources about urban deprivation and assets.

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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 

2024-2028
Currently Active
DEPRIMAP

·      Buenos Aires, Argentina

·      Lagos, Nigeria

·      Nairobi, Kenya

·      Dhaka, Bangladesh

with more cities to be included as the project progresses.

DEPRIMAP - Unraveling the dynamics of deprived urban areas in the Majority World using AI and Earth Observation to foster evidence-based sustainable planning

DEPRIMAP aims to map, model, and analyze deprived urban areas (DUAs) in the Majority World using advanced geospatial data and machine learning techniques. The project focuses on understanding the socio-economic vulnerabilities and environmental risks faced by DUAs contributing to more resilient and sustainable urban planning.

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.

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