Dear All I am a Sierra Leonean lecturing in the Institute of Environmental Management and Quality Control, School of Environmental Science, Njala University Sierra Leone. I also serve as Independent Contractor for George Mason University as GIS and Database Expert for a disease surveillance and research laboratory (Mercy Hospital research Lab) located in Bo City, Sierra Leone. I have done many consultancies for local and international organisations in Sierra Leone and co-authored many article publications in science journals. Among my skills include;
• GIS data capture using GPS and mobile handheld devices (ODK Collect, Collector for ArcGIS, Avenza pdfmaps, Mytracks etc..) • GIS mapping using desktop software packages (ArcGIS 10.2, GlobalMapper, Google Earth and QGIS) and Internet based platforms (ArcGIS Online, Openstreetmap, Google Map, Mapguide and Ushahidi). • Development of relational databases for data management and analysis using MS Access, FileMaker pro and SQL • Production of electronic based survey forms for mobile data collection using android devices • Research data analysis and reporting using SPSS, MS Excel and ArcGIS I wish to formally join in contributing to openstreet mapping of our homes, communities and countries to help solve a host of problems we are currently facing due to lack of spatial data GIS would have been a better tool to fight the West Africa Ebola outbreak but the outbreak came in meeting no relevant spatial data in store. If each incident case would have been mapped from start, it would have been possible to easily know the outbreak patterns and hotspot areas, and the statistically significant factors contributing to the hotspots. Through this, contact tracing could have been more effective and resources would have been properly allocated. I want to become a reputable researcher and hardcore professional in areas of geographic information systems, management information systems and research. I am operating a registered NGO in Sierra Leone called Research Agency for Health and Development (RAHD-Salone) with primary aim to promote research in areas of public and environmental health. One of our objectives is to provide research tools and information to organizations in line with their project objectives so as to be able to solve problems limited by research. RAHD intends to create a data hub for storage of spatial and textual data so that researchers national and international can tap from them for their research work and be able to provide appropriate policy recommendations. I hope the OSM community will partner with RAHD in modelling the world for better planning and easy navigation. Regards Alfred S. Bockarie -- email: [email protected] mobile: +23278624276 "Every answer must lead to a new question, and life will go on" _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
