{"id":234,"date":"2011-07-27T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/07\/27\/frontlines-highlights-how-usaid-implements-geospatial-technology\/"},"modified":"2011-07-27T16:26:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T16:26:00","slug":"frontlines-highlights-how-usaid-implements-geospatial-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/07\/27\/frontlines-highlights-how-usaid-implements-geospatial-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontlines Highlights How USAID Implements Geospatial Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5em;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;padding-bottom: 6px;padding-left: 6px;padding-right: 6px;padding-top: 6px;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\"><span style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/goog_1735395283\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"116\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ymfen9lwdqM\/Ti3VSxJoWII\/AAAAAAAAADM\/vXV2y5Tf444\/s400\/frontlines.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 13px;padding-top: 4px;text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/goog_1735395283\"><br \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/press\/frontlines\">Frontlines is the news publication for the U.S. Agency for International Development<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/press\/frontlines\/fl_jun11\/FL_jun11.html\">June\/July 2011 edition of USAID&#8217;s Frontlines<\/a>\u00a0advocates the use of Geospatial Technology in humanitarian causes. These four articles describe how GIS and Remote Sensing are being applied in the US&#8217; international development efforts:<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/press\/frontlines\/fl_jun11\/FL_jun11_GIS_MAP.html\">Mapping Out Disaster, Relief and Recovery<\/a>\u00a0describes how Geospatial resources are applied for disaster relief (citing recent examples in Haiti and Japan).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/press\/frontlines\/fl_jun11\/FL_jun11_GIS_SERVIR.html\">Thinking Spatially\u00a0With an Eye in\u00a0the\u00a0Sky<\/a>\u00a0highlights the use Remote Sensing technology in Mesoamerica, Eastern Africa and Hindu-Kush\u00a0Himalaya regions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/press\/frontlines\/fl_jun11\/FL_jun11_GIS_REPOS.html\">The Great Data Warehouse<\/a>\u00a0discusses the USAID funded Geographic Information Support Team Data Repository, which works to aggregate spatial data for use by the greater humanitarian community.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/press\/frontlines\/fl_jun11\/FL_jun11_GIS_INT.html\">What It Means to Think Spatially<\/a>\u00a0explains the role of geovisualization in development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frontlines is the news publication for the U.S. Agency for International Development The\u00a0June\/July 2011 edition of USAID&#8217;s Frontlines\u00a0advocates the use of Geospatial Technology in humanitarian causes. 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