Famine Mapping with USAID
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Presentation on our work mapping the famine with USAID from the September Geo DC meetup, presented by Nate Smith. The map tiles are all free to use, released by USAID on TileStream: http://tiles.mapbox.com/usaid-horn. More information on this work at http://developmentseed.org/projects/wfp-famine/.
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From Natural Language to Structured Solr Queries using LLMs
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectors
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectors
GraphRAG for LifeSciences Hands-On with the Clinical Knowledge Graph
GraphRAG for LifeSciences Hands-On with the Clinical Knowledge Graph
Harnessing the Power of NLP and Knowledge Graphs for Opioid Research
Harnessing the Power of NLP and Knowledge Graphs for Opioid Research
Famine Mapping with USAID
- 1. Famine Mapping Open Data at USAID Development Seed | Nate Smith @nas_smith
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- 5. Somalia: Population in Crisis Development Seed | Nate Smith @nas_smith
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- 8. Refugee and IDP Populations Development Seed | Nate Smith @nas_smith
- 9. Instant collection of camp statistics Development Seed | Nate Smith @nas_smith
- 10. Further breakdown of individual camp statistics Development Seed | Nate Smith @nas_smith
- 11. Famine Mapping Open Data at USAID Photo: WFP/Natasha Scripture Development Seed | Nate Smith @nas_smith