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Physische Erreichbarkeiten von Krankenhäusern in Subsahara Afrika – Analyse und Ergebnisse bei COVID-19 Symposium vorgestellt

Published: 9. July 2020 | Featured

Vom 06. bis zum 08. Juli fand das Online Symposiums “COVID-19 als Zäsur? Geographische Perspektiven auf Räume, Gesellschaften und Technologien in der Pandemie” statt. Teilnehmer aus Geographie, Medizin, Public health und meidizinischer Geographie diskutierten über drei Tage in sechs verschiedenen … Read More

Tags: Accessibility, corona, COVID-19, Health, HealthGIS, isochrones, Missing Maps, ohsome, openrouteservice, OpenStreetMap, Public Health, road network, sub-saharan africa

Exploring OSM for healthcare access analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published: 23. June 2020 | Featured

Using hospital locations and the ORS Isochrone service, we have created a method for comparing physical access to healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa. Hospital locations were derived from OpenStreetMap and compared against another free available dataset. Results indicate strong similarity in … Read More

Tags: Accessibility, corona, COVID-19, Health, HealthGIS, isochrones, Missing Maps, ohsome, openrouteservice, OpenStreetMap, Public Health, road network, sub-saharan africa