Our mission
Helping developing communities to access GIS and remote sensing data, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.
Satellites record rain, crop growth, floods and where people live, all over the world, every few days, and much of that data is free. We turn it into simple tools anyone can use from a phone: a farmer checking whether the rains have started, a district officer following a poor season, or a community group mapping a flood.
What we provide
- Farm check. Tap your farm on a map and see whether the rains have started, when they usually start, the rain and heat for the next 10 days, how green the crops are and how much water your crop needs. Easy to print or send on to a group.
- Community tools. Choose a district and find out whether this season is better or worse than usual, or where it flooded and how many people live there. Herders and county officers get a pasture and water bulletin, field teams can check a water point or look for flood water near a village today, district offices get a weekly fire count, and cooperatives can test whether a rainfall index would have paid out in the bad years.
- Data catalogues and atlases. Where to find maps, elevation data and aerial imagery for every country, with the licences spelled out, plus the climate tools for charts of any place.
- Tutorials. Step-by-step guides for anyone who wants to learn to do this work themselves.
The Sustainable Development Goals
Our work sits squarely within the Goals. Farm check and the season tool support Goal 2, Zero hunger, by helping farmers time their planting and spot a poor season early. The pasture bulletin and the rainfall insurance check support Goal 1, No poverty, by helping herders and farmers protect their animals and harvests, and the water point check supports Goal 6, Clean water. The flood, fire and climate tools support Goal 11, Sustainable cities and communities, and Goal 13, Climate action, by showing where water reached and how the weather is changing. And all of it supports Goal 17, Partnerships for the goals: better local data, and the skills to use it, in the hands of the people who need it.
Free to use
Everything here is free. The tools work on a phone and on a slow connection, and you don't need any software or GIS training. Every answer can be shared by link, printed on one page, sent by WhatsApp or used in a report.
Work with us
If you work with farmers or communities and want a tool for your area, a bigger study or help using the results, get in touch about your project. We'd like to hear from you.