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We created a new web app for GRID3 's settlement extents version 2.0! 🏙️🛰️ Select a country to view #settlements detected by #satelliteimagery here 👉bit.ly/3xGZsZh #geospatial #remotesensing

🚨 New blog post: WorldPop to advise UK government on big data, machine learning and AI #FCDO #BigData #machinelearning #AI #InternationalDevelopment worldpop.org/blog/worldpop-…

🚨 Royal Geographical Society event: Can geographers save the world? 🌍 Deputy Director, Ian Coady is speaking at the University of Southampton at 7pm on Thursday, 23 May. #geospatial #SDGs #InternationalDevelopment Free tickets and info 👉 rgs.org/events/upcomin…

In addition to other beauties, food and nature are two distinctive features of Kurdistan! I can't get enough of them. #Kurd #Kurdistan #bbq #landscape #beauty #nature #spring #food

We are proud to have been chosen as the 2024 Association for Geographic Information award winners in the 'Excellence with Impact' category! The award was for our work on co-developing population estimates with govts and the UN across the World - find out more here: worldpop.org/global-engagem…

Our new paper, Optimizing the detection of emerging infections using mobility-based spatial sampling, can be found at doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.…

Pleased to be invited by UCL to be an external examiner for a PhD student. Interesting work on Can data from space address critical data on Earth? Fruitful discussion and very well-deserved outputs #PhD #Viva #MinorCorrections UCL CASA WorldPopProject #geospatialdata #opendata

At #Geopalooza 4.0 organised by Gates Foundation WorldPopProject is well-represented. For more information about possible collaboration on our many open gespatial datasets and methods for your applications, please get in contact with us. #population #health #samplingframe

Last week I represented WorldPopProject in a UNFPA Data and Analytics technical workshop on Learning and Adapting lessons on Baseline Population, displacement and refugee data interoperability in South Africa. #interoperability #opendata #geospatialData #GriddedPopulation

Benin is about to embark on its first-ever digital census, therefore I'm proud to be a part of this historic event. They have used all of our tools, which has improved accuracy and reduced costs. WorldPopProject INStaD- Bénin UNFPA Bénin CO #preEATool Geography & Environmental Science at Southampton

👀In Southampton? Lookout for WorldPop billboards popping up! 👀

Dev-Afrique Development Advisors have published a new report that documents and assesses the impact that WorldPop's work has had over recent years. The impact assessment report can be downloaded here: worldpop.org/impact/dev-a/

New WorldPopProject paper in collaboration with University of Oxford and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency on applying machine learning techniques and various satellite-derived covariates to map refugees at fine resolution. A strategy that can maximise outreach to populations at risk link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Thanks for organising this. It was an excellent opportunity to present our work on how innovative geospatial techniques can improve data collection on forced displacement WorldPopProject Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement Geography & Environmental Science at Southampton Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Office for National Statistics (ONS) UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency #ForcedDisplacement #DataInnovation

We are at the UN World Data Forum in Medellin, Colombia this week! The team will be talking about our work on global population mapping, geospatial tools for supporting survey/census design, and small area population estimation for health campaigns and disaster response (see video).

The 5th #UNDataForum hosted over 3,000 leaders and experts from different sectors to talk about what needs to be done to improve the world. Excellent attendance during our session; more geospatial and technology innovations are needed to address the global challenges

We are excited to announce the release of our new World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, which presents a practical and cost-effective approach for creating a digital national sampling frame in #Armenia: bit.ly/4jlwOQN #DigitizedSamplingFrame #PreEA #householdSurvey

🚀 In preparation for #SomaliCensus we ran an 8-day Training the Trainers workshop 🌍 Boosting geospatial skills of Somalia National Bureau of Statistics & UNFPASomalia - playing a key role in enhancing the accuracy & efficiency of the census 💡#preEA #CapacityBuilding 👇 🔗tinyurl.com/zj7r2mn2

📣Beta test our new global #population #data - 2015 to 2030 🗺️ ⬇️Now freely available to download ⬇️ 🔗worldpop.org/blog/beta-test… #HDX #HumanitarianData #Census