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Geo Gecko

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Bringing predictability to ag with advance crop coverage and yield estimates

Exciting! We've come a long way since our team manually digitised 399,388 buildings in Kampala.

Today we are releasing the Open Buildings Dataset, a new open-source dataset containing the locations and footprints of >500M buildings with coverage across Africa, which can support numerous scientific and humanitarian applications. Read more at goo.gle/3751HVR

GoogleAI's tweet image. Today we are releasing the Open Buildings Dataset, a new open-source dataset containing the locations and footprints of >500M buildings with coverage across Africa, which can support numerous scientific and humanitarian applications. Read more at goo.gle/3751HVR


Join us in congratulating our data analyst Sharon who just returned from maternity leave to successfully defend her PhD which focused on irregular plasma densities and scintillations at low latitudes.

geogecko's tweet image. Join us in congratulating our data analyst Sharon who just returned from maternity leave to successfully defend her PhD which focused on irregular plasma densities and scintillations at low latitudes.

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Monthly crop/weather stats per #smallholder without cost/limit/catch


#InternationalWomensDay is dear to our hearts as we're 62% female. That's not diversity goals just best hires #IWD2021


30 sec to get your own agtech GIS unit for freeeee!!!

Working with >100 smallholders in Africa? Fieldy gives you monthly crop/weather stats; no cost/limit/catch fieldy.space

FieldySpace's tweet image. Working with >100 smallholders in Africa? Fieldy gives you monthly crop/weather stats; no cost/limit/catch fieldy.space


Humans aren't the only ones at risk of COVID-19 and Ebola; mountain gorillas are extremely vulnerable. Working from home gets easier when we get the chance to support the Emergent Virus Contingency Plan work of the outstanding @IGCP Thanks to @neileverosborne for the 2nd pic

geogecko's tweet image. Humans aren't the only ones at risk of COVID-19 and Ebola; mountain gorillas are extremely vulnerable. Working from home gets easier when we get the chance to support the Emergent Virus Contingency Plan work of the outstanding @IGCP

Thanks to @neileverosborne  for the 2nd pic
geogecko's tweet image. Humans aren't the only ones at risk of COVID-19 and Ebola; mountain gorillas are extremely vulnerable. Working from home gets easier when we get the chance to support the Emergent Virus Contingency Plan work of the outstanding @IGCP

Thanks to @neileverosborne  for the 2nd pic

GIS in your browser


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Maps like this are useful in that they show the gaps. On an unrelated note, things look great in Tanzania by the way.

Sub national #COVID cases in #EastAfrica as reported by official sources. See AfricaCorona.com for more detail.

CovidInAfrica's tweet image. Sub national #COVID cases in #EastAfrica as reported by official sources. See AfricaCorona.com for more detail.


Lot of trees to count. Thanks for the #satellites @CopernicusEU


Proud to equip @GreaterVirunga and partners with a @GeoNode as they protect the #Virunga Landscape. Thanks to @VUamsterdam for the support!

geogecko's tweet image. Proud to equip @GreaterVirunga and partners with a @GeoNode as they protect the #Virunga Landscape. Thanks to @VUamsterdam for the support!
geogecko's tweet image. Proud to equip @GreaterVirunga and partners with a @GeoNode as they protect the #Virunga Landscape. Thanks to @VUamsterdam for the support!

Prison outbreak in Uganda.

#prison(out)break #COVID-19 has found its way into #Namutumba #prison which has 61 prisoners in 2017 via AfricaCorona.com @ugandaprisons. See prison populations per district at @Zahranamuli @IrlEmbUganda

CovidInAfrica's tweet image. #prison(out)break #COVID-19 has found its way into #Namutumba #prison which has 61 prisoners in 2017 via AfricaCorona.com
@ugandaprisons. See prison populations per district at 
@Zahranamuli @IrlEmbUganda


South Sudan border is concerning


Known and geo-tagged #Covid19 cases at #Uganda borders. Data from @MinofHealthUG. More from AfricaCorona.com

geogecko's tweet image. Known and geo-tagged #Covid19 cases at #Uganda borders. Data from @MinofHealthUG. More from AfricaCorona.com

For insights beyond the cases and deaths, we built AfricaCorona.com. Stay tuned for more functionality, more data and a #Uganda drilldown. Feedback to [email protected]. Thanks @IMFNews @worldbankdata @ACAPSproject and others for the data and @IrlEmbUganda for support


#Corona impact on visits and length of stay in #Uganda acc. to @Google: -50% retail, -36% grocery, -23% workplaces and +19% in residential gstatic.com/covid19/mobili…

geogecko's tweet image. #Corona impact on visits and length of stay in #Uganda acc. to @Google: -50% retail, -36% grocery, -23% workplaces and +19% in residential  gstatic.com/covid19/mobili…
geogecko's tweet image. #Corona impact on visits and length of stay in #Uganda acc. to @Google: -50% retail, -36% grocery, -23% workplaces and +19% in residential  gstatic.com/covid19/mobili…

Uganda tube map

geogecko's tweet image. Uganda tube map

In Sierra Leone there are 7,976,983 people per ventilator. Compare that with 2,176 in France. #ventilator #Africa #COVID19 #coronaviruskenya

geogecko's tweet image. In Sierra Leone there are 7,976,983 people per ventilator. Compare that with 2,176 in France.  
#ventilator #Africa #COVID19 #coronaviruskenya

How many #ventilators in Ethiopia, Egypt, Angola & Tanzania? Help us quantify the available services #corona #covid19 #Africa docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

geogecko's tweet image. How many #ventilators in Ethiopia, Egypt, Angola & Tanzania? Help us quantify the available services #corona #covid19 #Africa docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

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