Resources for COVID-19 from OGC
Understanding the reach of the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship to population, infrastructure, and other location-enabled information is key to being prepared, making good decisions, and keeping citizens and their communities informed enough to be able to respond to the crisis. In the wake of the pandemic, OGC members from across the globe have been publishing resources to inform their customers, their governments, and the public at large. We've collated the below list of geospatial / location data and services to help you better understand the impact of SARS-CoV-2 - aka the coronavirus.
OGC members are the leaders in the field of geospatial data, technology, and research. Their use of OGC standards and practices enable the seamless, interoperable use of disparate geospatial resources - in turn connecting people, communities, technology, and decision making for the good of society.
Please Note: If you are aware of other resources that are suitable for inclusion in this list, please submit them using the form below.
OGC does not guarantee that all data will be available on a permanent basis or that the data are suitable for all use cases. The resources are added as they come in (in no particular order).
Base Maps and Context
- GEOSS Portal (Group on Earth Observations)
- OpenStreetMap WMS (osm-wms.de)
- United States National Topo Base WMTS (USGS)
- United States National Imagery WMTS (USGS)
- United States Transportation WFS (USGS)
- Best practice for identifiers (UK Geospatial Commission)
- Openrouteservice multi-vehicle optimization for logistics support (Heidelberg University)
- FME for COVID-related response (Safe Software)
- Atlas de COVID-19 y variables climáticas de México (UNAM Center for Atmospheric Sciences)
- COVID-19 Global map (UAB-CREAF)
- Openstreetmap Health Facility Data (The Global Healthsites Mapping Project)
COVID-19-Specific Information
- Genasys WMS of Johns Hopkins data
- Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
- COVID-19 pygeoapi - OGC API Features for JHU data
- WHO Coronavirus disease
- County-Level Map of Coronavirus Cases.
- ESRI Coronavirus Response.
- Tracking Coronavirus COVID-19 (Here)
- Mapping COVID-19 Research
- COVID JSON Profile
- UK Ordnance Survey COVID-19 page (UK Ordnance Survey)
- Transmission and mortality risk indices (HSR.health)
- COVID-19 Clinical Trials Map (Heidelberg University)
- Global Data Science Project for COVID-19 (Global Data Science Project)
- Group on Earth Observations response to COVID-19 (Group on Earth Observations)
- UK Covid Cases (Global MapAid, UK)
- Geo4Covid-19 applications, quickscans and ethical issues (Geonovum)
- USA county level model for Covid-19 based on the SIR model that uses a recursive algorithm for solving for two of the key model parameters, Ro and the Contact Ratio (Hunter College)
Other Dashboard and Maps
- Coronavirus COVID-19 global cases (Johns Hopkins)
- nCoV2019.live (Avi Schiffmann)
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak timeline map (HealthMap)
- Novel coronavirus infection map (University of Washington)
- COVID-19 surveillance dashboard (University of Virginia)
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation dashboard (WHO)
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the US (CDC)
- Geographical distribution of COVID-19 cases worldwide (ECDC)
- COVID-19 coronavirus tracker (Kaiser Family Foundation)
- COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak (Worldometer)
- Coronavirus: the new disease Covid-19 explained (South China Morning Post)
- Mapping the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak (Esri StoryMaps)
- What you need to know about Coronavirus (Washington Post)
- COVID-19 Geospatial & Situational Awareness Resources (NAPSG)
- COVID-19 Dashboard based on OGC SensorThings API (Joe Thunyathep)
- COVID-19 in Deutschland (Conterra)
- COVID-19 Dashboard for Canada (ESRI Canada)
- Canada COVID-19 Situational Awareness Dashboard (Public Health Agency Canada)
- Coronavirus COVID-19 România (geo-spatial.org)
- NSF COVID-19 Gateway (NSF)
- WMS & WFS with the Coronoravirus cases by Basic Health Zones on the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Navarre (region of Spain) (Navarre government)
- Eastern and Southern Africa Coronavirus Dashboard (Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development)
- USA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Case Tracker (Area Vibes, Canada)
- EO Dashboard (EOX IT Services GmbH)
- Rapid Action on coronavirus and Earth observation dashboard (ESA and European Commission)
- Earth Observing Dashboard (a Tri-agency dashboard by NASA, ESA and JAXA)
- US COVID-19 Dashboard (GeoSolutions)
- Map of national measures of Latin America and the Caribbean related to COVID-19 (UN ECLAC)
Cartographic examples and advice
- Mapping coronavirus, responsibly - Kenneth Feld
- Mapping the human mobility changes in response to COVID-19 (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Mapping the spread including links via flights - NBE Consults
- The Korean clusters - Reuters
- COVID-19’s Impact on Commuting - Inrix
- Tutorial on creating COVID maps using ECharts and Leaflet
Technical papers and references
Requests for Experts
US FEMA is looking for 10-20 expert data analysts to support the COVID-19 crisis response. The analysis could fill a variety of roles and would be expected to have strong technical skills. POC: Jamie Wolff and Ken Ambrose (James.A.Wolff [at] omb.eop.gov, ken.ambrose [at] gsa.gov)
Covid-19 Resource Submission
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