New project: Water Point Mapping
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Upande ltd is providing technical support to Water Service Boards/County teams in water point data collection, analysis and utilization.
Data collection is being carried out using IDEOS Android mobile phones, to collect both positional and attribute infomation on water point sources and piped schemes.
The mapping exercise is being carried out with the participation of the respective Water Service Boards in the regions earmarked; i.e The Lake Victoria North Water Service Board (LVNWSB), The Lake Victoria South Water Service Board (LKSWSB), The Athi Water Service Board (AWSB) and The Tana Water Service Board (TWSB)
Already mapping has started in two counties; Busia and Kisumu with Kajiado and Kiambu set to start by the fourth week of April 2012 .
New project: Dairy Farmer Mapping
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| Upande has been awarded a contract to carry out mobile based dairy data collection. The purpose of the excercise is to locate farmers, milk collection points and milk collection routes. The data collected will be analysed to improve the daily logistics of the collection ultimately to improve income generation for the farmers and livelihood improvement. |  |
Data was collected using Open Data Kit, with mapping work carried out by some of the experienced MapKibera mappers.
More news on this project will follow in the next few months!
Virtual Kenya winners announced
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The Virtual Kenya Competition was wrapped up on 31st December 2011 and winners finally chosen from a pool of immense talent and creativity after a three month long vigorous outreach campaign. Students, G.I.S. Professionals and Mapping enthusiasts all participated.
