Blogs – GroupMappers

Language Movement of Bangladesh – A Geospatial Timeline

Language Movement of Bangladesh – A Geospatial Timeline In his book ReORIENT, Andre Gunder Frank argues that history of no place can be adequately

Visualizing Our ‘Lost Words’ Through GIS

Visualizing Our ‘Lost Words’ Through GIS While using geospatial techniques we seldom consider using it to map languages, even though it is still a

Bangla: An Intersection of Languages

Bangla: An Intersection of Languages Bangla language bears one of the world’s most profound heritages. The language is not only limited to a means

Do Androids Speak in Programming Languages?

Do Androids Speak in Programming Languages? Philip K. Dick asked, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” in his book’s title: a cheeky play on

GIS: The maverick global language

GIS: The maverick global language “The ArcGIS Book” by ESRI begins with the chapter “GIS provides a common visual language: Transforming our Understanding of

COVID-19 Mapping Risk Zone of Bangladesh

GroupMappers prepared a risk zoning map of Bangladesh during COVID-19 situation to assist the government in planning COVID response. This work is conducted to

Accessibility and Population Movement Analysis

GroupMappers, a group of volunteers, is a Bangladesh-based crowdsourcing initiative consisting of citizen scientists actively collaborating to develop nascent methodologies to assist our goal

Some words from our core expert members

On 15th October, 2020, GroupMappers celebrated its 3rd Founding Anniversary. Some of our core expert members shared some words about their experiences or their

At the Crossroad of Flood and COVID -19

Bangladesh is a riverine country. Like veins that pump blood throughout the human body, rivers have been the source of sustenance for the people

Communicable Diseases in the context of Covid-19

Communicable diseases are caused by the pathogens which can be transmitted to other people from an infected person, animal or a source in the

Location Intelligence as a Diagnostic Tool

Location intelligence refers to the information that one can gather from the “position” of an object. In healthcare, it underpins the idea that if

Accessibility and Population Movement Analysis

GroupMappers, a group of volunteers, is a Bangladesh-based crowdsourcing initiative consisting of citizen scientists actively collaborating to develop nascent methodologies to assist our goal

Career in Geography: Pathway Gui-delines from GIS Pr-ofessionals

The anticipated workshop “Career in Geography: Pathway Guidelines from GIS Professionals” has been held on 12th March, 2020 in Department of Geography and Environment,

Digital Map Making And Demarcation of Union for MDV Program

GroupMappers have successfully completed four day-long workshop on “Digital Map Making and Demarcation of Union for Mass Dog vaccination Program”, supported by National Rabies

State of the Map Asia 2019

The two-day long mega event “State of the Map Asia 2019” just ended today, with many participations from Asian countries including Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia,

Big Data and Infectious Disease Epidemiology

A workshop on “Big Data and Infectious Disease Epidemiology” has been held on 9-11 September 2019 at DGHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka. Dr Md Iqbal Kabir,

GroupMappers: Mapping settlements in Southeast Ban-gladesh through crowdsourcing

3rd Phase: Collecting or labelling the names of mapped communities or villages annotated by polygons and point locations. Study site: Lama Upazila, Bandarban Study

Regional Public Engagement Conference

Sazid Ibna Zaman one of the founder of GroupMappers was presenting the results of the GroupMappers’s project on “To Crowdsource maps of settlements in Southeast

Mapping Villages In Southern Bangladesh To Improve Healthcare Interventions

The project is a part of a larger initiative that tries to tackle the spread of disease caused by extreme air, water, and soil

GroupMappers GIS Course Draws Students from Acro-ss Bangladesh

GroupMappers organized GIS for beginners: introduction to GIS, a 4-week GIS course held over weekends from 19 April-4 May in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The 32

GIS Course For Beginners – “Introduction To GIS”

GroupMappers is going to organize their first-ever GIS Training on “Introduction To GIS” which Is supported by “Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU),

GroupMappers – Win Public Engagement Bursary

A major constraint for infectious disease surveillance and planning healthcare delivery in resource-poor countries is a lack of accurate information on the locations and

GroupMappers – GIS Day Contest 2017 Winner

GroupMappers won the 2nd award in a global competition on GIS Day 2017 organized by GIS Cloud who is one of the pioneers to provide

B’desh GroupMappers hold first workshop

On 15 Oct, the Bangladesh GroupMappers held their first work workshop at the Cadet College Club, Dhaka. About 20 volunteer GroupMappers attended the workshop,

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