The article picked this week to read is a report on how GIS has been able to assist in a variety of ways concerning humanitarian issues surrounding war zones. The article specifically sites Kosovo as an example of how a readily accessible data base can help to assess damage, place refugees, evaluate resources available and keep everyone informed. The ease of modification of this global database allows people on the ground to upload real time data and it can be processed and analyzed by those around the world so different actions can be allocated to assist.
One of the more interesting pieces of the article talks about how the goal after the war in Kosovo was to locate land mines and unexploded ordnances. The global database was able to allow the keepers of the data base to use military intel to place known locations of land mines and explosives in the areas where people are trying to move back into. This helps to locate and disarm these harmful explosives keeping the people safe and moving the area back into development.
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