Blueprint for Baseline Data

Sahana can store baseline data to help planning:

• Populations in assess_population

Some of these are available in Wikipedia from published Censuses:

• Projects/Advanced#WikipediaLocations

UN Common Operational Datasets

• Guardian: OCHA
• Source: Government
• ​http://giist.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cods-1nov10.pdf
• ​http://oneresponse.info/resources/imtoolbox/publicdocuments/IASC%20Guidelines%20on%20Common%20Operational%20Datasets%20in%20Disaster%20Preparedness%20and%20Response%201%20Nov.%202010.pdf

Humanitarian Profile

(disaggregated by admin level and populated place)

• Internally Displaced
• Non-displaced affected
• Host family/resident community affected
• Refugee
• Dead
• Injured
• Missing

Population Statistics

• Total population by admin level (individuals)
• Total population by admin level (Number of Households)
• Age
• Sex
• Average family size by admin level
• Unique identifier

Sources

• GPWv3: ​http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/

Administrative Boundaries

(Geographic) Admin Level 1-4

• Unique identifier (P-Code)
• Name

Sources

• UserGuidelinesGISData

Populated Places

(Geographic)

• Unique identifier (P-Code)
• Names
• Size classification
• Population statistics
• Status if capital of administrative division
• Type (Village, spontaneous settlement, collective center, planned settlement)

Sources

• NGA: ​http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/country_files.html

Transportation Network

(Geographic)

• Roads (Classified by size)
• Railways
• Airports/helipads
• Seaports

Sources

• OpenStreetMap: ​http://downloads.cloudmade.com
• Google MapMaker: ​https://services.google.com/fb/forms/mapmakerdatadownload/
• ​http://ourairports.com
• ​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAFIF

Hydrology

(Geographic)

• Rivers (Classified by size)
• Water bodies

Hypsography

(Geographic)

• Elevation
• Resolution

Sources

• SRTMv4: ​http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org

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