The MEASURE GIS Working Group met in June 2012 in Rosslyn, Virginia to identify state of the art geospatial practices, build a community of geospatial practitioners to share knowledge, and contribute to discussions on geospatial tools and analysis. Attendees included representatives from USAID, the US Department of State, NGOs, academia, and the private sector. The goal of the meeting was to capture recent developments in geospatial data, capacity, software, and analysis. The output would be a one-page document updating the community on geospatial innovations and how they can improve data and analysis to inform decision makers.

1. MEASURE GIS Working Group
Rosslyn, Va
June 26, 2012

2. Background
Objective of working group is:
2.Identify state of the art practices in the geospatial
realm
3.Build a community of geospatial practitioners to
share knowledge
4.Contribute to the discussion

3. Background
 First meeting in February 2000
 Meet 1-2 times a year every year since then
 Attendees from USAID, US Dept of State, other
federal departments, NGOs, academia, private
sector, World Bank

4. Today’s meeting
 Try to capture recent developments in geospatial
field
 Data
 Capacity
 Software
 Analysis

5. Output of meeting
 Geospatial innovations one-sheeter
 Update community on geospatial developments
 Inform decision makers about ways geospatial
tools can improve data and analysis

6. MEASURE Evaluation is funded by the U.S. Agency for
International Development and is implemented by the
Carolina Population Center at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in partnership with Futures Group
International, ICF Macro, John Snow, Inc., Management
Sciences for Health, and Tulane University. The views
expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect
the views of USAID or the United States Government.