Subnational notes and status

Subnational NRP - notes round-up

UPDATED: February 14, 2018

Discussions in Github

• Open-source options for subnational requirements
• Subnational Reporting Comments

Subnational implementations in other NRPs

• Tanzania
• Mexico
• Ireland

Discussions about subnational in past calls

• 2017-10-13
• 2017-12-01
• 2017-12-18

Vendors status

• ESRI
  • An international supplier of geographic information system (GIS) software, web GIS and geodatabase management applications. They produce the software 'ArcGIS Desktop', and are members of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data.
  • Status: ??
  • POC: Gregory Scott
• EnviroAtlas
  • Created by the EPA, EnviroAtlas is a web-based tool that combines maps, analysis tools, and interpretive information on ecosystem services.
  • Status: Call scheduled to discuss using EPA data to develop initial mock-up
  • POC: Ferdouz Cochran
• GeoNode
  • Probably the most well established geospatial data collaboration platform that's built around open standards and open source is GeoNode and it is used by the US State Department, UN, EU, World Bank, etc - http://geonode.org/gallery/
  • Status: not contacted yet
• MapBox
  • Like Esri, MapBox is a member of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and has offered their tools to support SDG NRP platforms
  • Status: not contacted yet
• Carto
  • While Carto may not be a member of the partnership, it was once a part of Vizzuality which is a member and both have a long history of working on projects like SDG NRP platforms.
  • Status: not contacted yet
• Boundless
  • The primary company maintaining the open source GIS stack widely used by governments, NGO's, and others
  • Status: not contacted yet
• OGC
  • The main body for setting interoperable open standards for GIS (I also believe non-OGC standards are worthy of consideration)
  • Status: not contacted yet

Open-source libraries considered

• D3
  • D3.js is a vector-based, general-purpose data visualization library. Here is a choropleth example. Worth noting: D3 is a very popular data-vis library with a strong following, and is the subject of many courses/tutorials/books.
• Leaflet
  • Leaflet is a tile-based, lightweight mapping library. Here is a choropleth example. Worth noting: the Tanzania and Mexico NRPs both use Leaflet.

Mini proofs-of-concept

• Indicator 1.2.1 - Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age
  • Open source approach using D3 (click the "State data" tab)
• Indicator 2.1.2 - Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)
  • Open source approach using D3 (click the "State data" tab)
• Indicator 3.3.1 - Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex, age and key populations
  • Open source approach using D3 (click the "State data" tab)
• Indicator 5.5.2 - Proportion of women in managerial positions
  • Open source approach using D3 (click the "State data" tab)
• Indicator 7.2.1 - Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
  • Open source approach using D3 (click the "State data" tab)
• Indicator 8.1.1 - Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
  • Open source approach using D3 (click the "State data" tab)