Geospatial, earth observations and statistical data integration in the Cortés department, Honduras

Proper territorial data management is critical for territorial planning projects, research, innovation, and the appropriate follow-up to act for the well-being of populations. A multidisciplinary team of professionals established a pilot project named Cortes Data Hub (Centro de Datos de Cortés). It presents several dashboards that show official statistics on the energy sector, mapping the region's energy demand, data on COVID-19 cases and vaccination rates by municipality or department, and a project using Google Earth that combines post-Eta and Iota observations and a social media campaign for disaster awareness and for the promotion of activities to develop tourism in the San Manuel Municipality. This pilot project shows the importance to observe and monitor various key environmental, health, and socioeconomic data. This will help improve initiatives for local development, disaster prevention and control, and the promotion of the One Health approach. The challenges to overcome are the quality and timing of data. Training more academics, government teams, and decision-makers in the use of new tools for data integration with earth observations are important for the Cortés department's development. © 2022 IEEE.

JAXA’S EARTH OBSERVATION DATA ANALYSIS ON COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought difficulties to our daily lives and caused various changes in socio-economic activities and the natural environment. To monitor and record the changes in socio-economic activities and the environment before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, JAXA has collaborated with NASA and ESA in developing a trilateral dashboard to provide socio-economic activities and natural environmental change information derived from earth observation data. JAXA also has analyzed Earth observation data, for example, ALOS-2, GCOM-C, GOSAT and GOSAT-2 and opened at a special website “JAXA for Earth on COVID-19” in the categories of airports, industry, shipping, agriculture, greenhouse gasses and water quality. © 2021 IEEE.

Mitigating the impacts of pandemics on the supply chain using Earth Observation Data

With sudden changes in demand for certain goods, strict border control, and movement restrictions, pandemics can cause an immense disruption of the supply chain especially as it pertains to sustenance goods and job security. The most important recommendations on how this disruption can be mitigated by applying Remote Sensing have been outlined. Earth Observation (EO) and ground data can be used to mitigate the effects of pandemics on the interconnected global and local supply chain;with the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study. The scope of effects by COVID-19 includes issues in the supply chain, operational logistics, and goods production. EO data can be used to track goods like foods, medical kits, hand sanitizers, etc. which in turn aids the reallocation of high-demand goods to areas with limited supply. Satellite-based communication channels will be useful for more remote areas. The supply chain deals with adequate production, the food security issues faced by a significant part of the world's population, can be tackled with an integrated approach. An integrated application of Remote Sensing, (IoT), and Machine Learning is proposed for food security. EO can be used for agricultural monitoring using GNSS coupled with available tools to assess and predict produce status. This is useful in disaster management during restrictions of pandemics;machine learning models can be deployed in conjunction with IoT systems to help with farm monitoring watering of crops using weather data, environment monitoring and fertilizer requirement reminders, and triggering of risk management protocols during disasters. Copyright © 2021 by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). All rights reserved.