Heute ist der „International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction“!

Wusstest du, dass der 13. Oktober „International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR)“ – der Internationale Tag für die Reduzierung des Katastrophenrisikos ist? Seit 1989 nutz das Büro der Vereinten Nationen für Katastrophenvorsorge diesen Tag, um eine globale Kultur des … Read More

Open Healthcare Access Map Update and HDX

  Im vergangenen Jahr haben wir die Open Healthcare Access Map gestartet. Zunächst waren nur einige Länder und später Kontinente verfügbar. Wir freuen uns heute anzukündigen, dass wir die restlichen, bisher fehlenden Ländern hinzugefügt und damit eine globale Abdeckung erreicht haben. … Read More

United Nations World Data Forum Blog on Healthcare Accessibility Map

In the context of the United Nations World Data Forum 2021 organised by the United Nations Statistics Division and UN member states a series of blogposts has been published by UNSTATS. Among them is one by Alexander Zipf about improving … Read More

HeiGIT/GIScience @ State of the Map 2021

Like in 2020, this year’s State of the Map (SotM) is taking place online this week from tomorrow 2021-07-09 to 2021-07-11, starting at 12:00 (CEST) each day. This year, HeiGIT is a bronze sponsor. In addition, there are a total … Read More

All countries of Central and South America now on Open Healthcare Access Map

After Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia we have now published all countries of Central and South America on the Open Healthcare Access Map. The web application is available here: https://apps.heigit.org/healthcare_access/. Please note that this is still a prototype … Read More

All countries of South and Southeast Asia now on Open Healthcare Access Map

It’s been a little longer than a month since we published the Open Healthcare Access Map. Last week we rolled out all countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. Today all countries of South and Southeast Asia follow. The web application is available … Read More

All countries of Sub-Saharan Africa now in Open Healthcare Access Map

Last month we started the Open Healthcare Access Map. Initially, only a few countries were featured. Gradually, more countries and regions are now being added. Today we release all countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. The web application is available here: https://apps.heigit.org/healthcare_access/. … Read More