GIS & Data

Samples of recent GIS and data-focused articles by MapAction.

January 6th, 2026: Meet our new Information Management Officer for Syria

June 10th, 2025: MapAction streamlining data management in DRC to improve the lives of millions of displaced people

January 16th, 2025: Automated Data Pipeline: Towards data quality standards

December 20th, 2024: MapAction Anticipatory Action Sustainability Methodology

December 20th, 2024: Anticipatory action: the benefits of robust data models (video)

November 21st, 2024: How to speed-up risk data collection, a collaboration between MapAction and Analytics for a Better World

November 20th, 2024: Accelerating humanitarian response: Inside MapAction’s Automated Data Pipeline

July 30th, 2024: Strengthening data quality for shared humanitarian data sets can reduce human suffering

February 13th, 2024: Strengthening disaster preparedness country-by-country with the INFORM Risk index

November 30th, 2023: CoP 28 : Good use of data is key to mitigating the climate emergency 

November 23, 2023: MapAction Data Science Lab: the story so far

October 19th, 2023: Ode to a geospatial humanitarian partnership and shared values