Workshops

Paola De Salvo (Esri)

The workshop will be focused over a real scenario, understating how through the ArcGIS Platform components data can be easily converted into actionable data and dynamically consumed by everyone.
Esri Maps for Office, ArcGIS Online and Operation Dashboard will be show-cased and exercises will be provided to attendees who will like to test the technology for their scope of work.

QGIS introduction for humanitarian workers

Anthony Scott (Map Action)

QGIS is an Open Source GIS supported by an international community of users and developers. This workshops aims at training humanitarians and professionals to use QuantumGIS in for humanitarian purposes.

Material from the workshop is available here: http://antonys.github.io/qgis-workshop/

Simple data collection for mixed desktop and smartphone environments 

Curtis Broderick (Epiconcept)

Wepi is a free web-based application created from the infrastructure of EpiConcept’s health information systems platform. It is an easily approachable web-based form creation and data collection system. The workshop will bring you though the process of creating a new form, sharing it with others, entering information – via a PC or ODK collect (including GPS), and exporting the data for analysis. Bring your laptop and roll your own web database with us. Wepi is ideally suited for; case report forms, prevalence studies, registrations, surveys, questionnaires, outbreak investigations, and other flat file collection tasks. Wepi can be used as an Xforms editor as well.

Making dashboards with d3.js and dc.js

Simon Johnson (British Red Cross)

Want to discover and understand the basics of D3 and DC, two tools dedicated to data visualisation, particularly with interactive infography? This workshop will help you familiarize yourselves with the tools.

Use UAV imagery for mapping and risk management

Coordination: Fred Moine & Aurélien Jacoutot  (CartONG)

UAV are getting more and more accessible and their utility in the humanitarian sphere recognized. CartONG's experience will be at the base of this training which aims at explaining how can UAVs be used for mapping and spatial analysis. To be seen: how does the Sensefly eBee function, a Pix4D post-treatment demonstration and explanations on when the produced images can be used for the follow-up and risk-management with INASafe (a QGIS plug-in) 

Aerial mapping in every circumstances: hot air and helium

Chris Hepp (APDER)

Aerial imagery has become one of the most useful sources of information in contexts of emergency, but it isn't always easy to access satellite imagery or to have a civil UAV flying. Balloons are a good alternative in these cases: cheap, light and easy to deploy they allow the production of quality aerial imagery in short time frames. This workshop will aim at showing how to use balloons and to treat the images they produce for mapping and monitoring. A hot air balloon construction exercise will also be proposed. These balloons can be used almost freely in any country, providing the weather is suitable.

Collecting data with OSM

Coordination: Léo Martine (CartONG) & Guillaume Allègre (OSM-Fr)

One of the numerous assets of OpenStreetMap is that it allows everyone to contribute, even without knowledge or experience in mapping. OSM community has contributed to the development of numerous tools which permitted to render mapping easier, remotely as well as on the field, even if Internet access is limited. This training will be an occasion to learn how to use field data collection tools, with smartphones (OSM tracker) or just paper and a pen (walking papers), and then how to digitalize the data obtained. 

From data collection to analysis with Kobo Toolbox

Nick Imboden (OCHA)

KoBo Toolbox is a solution for integrated data collection, including a questionnaire creation tool, a mobile data collection application, a synchronization platform as well as a mapping and data visualisation platform easy to use. Based on OCHA's experience this workshop will teach you how to create a survey with Kobo from coding the questionnaire to the analysis of the collected data. 

Export and use OSM data

Pierre Béland (HOT)

OpenStreetMap is often the most complete geographic data base for developing countries, especially when the OSM community is mobilized during a crisis. But humanitarian GIS officers rarely know how to export and use the data. This training will aim at presenting different exportation methods (Geofabrik.de, HOTExports, BBBike, Overpass) and several examples of the possible uses, for mapping, GPS and even smartphones (OSMAnd). 

Designing a basic data collection survey with ODK 2.0

Francis Vachon (CartONG)

OpenDataKit is one of the most complete tool for mobile data collection and is largely used in the aid sector. Using smartphones and tablets make the survey process easier, accelerates synchronization and produces more accurate information. This training will give all the knowledge needed to start using ODK and present some of the possible applications. It will also introduce ODK 2.0 new features. 

Coding ODK forms with Excel

Sylvie de Laborderie (CartONG)

It is no longer necessary to have advanced coding knowledge to design forms! Thanks to Enketo's converter, you can design your forms in Excel which later can be used in ODK, Formhub, KoBo Toolbox... During this workshop, you will learn all the controls to design a form, plus a few tips from our experts!

Humanitarian eXchange Language

Chad J. Hendrix (OCHA)

This workshop will review the alpha version of the Humanitarian Exchange Language (http://hxlstandard.org) and guide participants in a practical exercise of HXLating their own data.  A primary goal of the exercise is to provide a practical test of the alpha standard and provide input to future development.

Fusion: a mobile solution for beneficiary management, aid distribution and data collection

Kieran O'Toole (PSI Mobile)

PSI Mobile’s Fusion is an enterprise grade mobile application platform which is currently deployed with multiple humanitarian organisations  in Syria, Haiti, DRC and other trouble spots. The solution enables NGOs to register large numbers of beneficiaries, automatically assess vulnerability status, record all interventions, securely manage the distribution of cash vouchers, support cash-for-work programmes and provide management and donor reporting. Our workshop will take you through the solution in detail and all attendees will receive free evaluation license to enable a hand’s on review.

Easy web-mapping with CartoDB

Léo Martine (CartONG)

CartoDB is an easy-to-use tool to create nice-looking webmaps. At the end of the workshop, you will know how to upload your data in various formats, style it as you want and share it as a webmap on your website. Please bring your laptop and create a free account on cartodb.com before attending to the workshop

R: a free software for statistical analysis

Hélène Mathian (CNRS-EVS/Lyon), Robin Cura (Géographie-cités/Paris)

R is the leader open source platform for statistical analysis and displaying of data sets. This workshop will help you discover the analysis, visualization and mapping functions based on concrete examples. It will also integrates how to import data from other open source tools. 

Conducting a survey with multiple actors involved

Natalia Baal (JIPS)

It is very common to set up a survey with multiple actors involved, whether they are UN agencies, international NGOs, or local non-profit or for-profit partners. But coordinating these various actors who have different interests and cultures is not always easy. This workshop will present some useful techniques to conduct this process, from the questionnaire definition to the implementation and analysis, with JIPS' seasoned training material.