February 25, 2025
The Power of Participatory Approaches in Documenting Pastoralist Communities Pastoral societies are among the most dynamic and adaptable populations in the world. With an estimated 240 million […]
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July 31, 2024
Beyond Buildings and Roads Community mapping initiatives are often considered tools for empowerment. Also known as participatory mapping, community mapping is a process where communities gather […]
November 1, 2023
Innovating Land Mapping and Accessibility for Sustainable Development Spatial Collective, Radiant Earth, the Kenyan Space Agency (KSA), and PLACE collaborated on a pilot project to collect and curate labeling high-resolution […]
October 11, 2023
This blog post is the latest installment in our ongoing series, exploring how technology-driven location-based services can revolutionize community engagement. Demystifying Location-Based Technology The digital tools […]
June 26, 2023
In this piece, we will mostly discuss the topic of data accessibility in informal settlements, however, accessing relevant data to make informed decisions about one’s life […]
January 18, 2023
In this piece, we will specifically talk about community-led field mapping and how terrestrial imagery and consensus can be used to improve the accuracy of data. […]
November 30, 2022
Between 2021 and 2022, we carried out a project called Kenya Digital Public Works. Here’s a short description of the project with more on the way […]
May 26, 2020
Informal settlements are often missing from the geographic and statistical representation of countries. Nairobi’s informal settlements are no exception. Very little information is available on the […]
January 17, 2020
This is part of a series on the Industrial Training of Students on Zanzibar by Spatial Collective. You can read parts one, two, three, four, five, […]
