In an effort to consolidate and streamline data collection and management of SPAM data, we have purchased space on a dedicated server to stand up an MS SQL, ArcGIS, ArcServer, ArcSDE platform which will help support SPAM’s anticipated increase...
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Timeline: What’s Cookin’ with SPAM?
It is not always clear what is happening in SPAM world. Put bluntly, it is not always clear that anything is happening in between it’s periodic releases. Some of you may be wondering, “What are you working on all this time? Why does it...
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SPAM2000v3.0.6 Release
There has been a new release of the Spatial Production Allocation Model with updates in the countries listed below. In the notes below, you will notice one of the main corrections that was applied to each country was “fixing of 0 and…
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SPAM2000v3.0.5 New Release!
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Maps For All: Unlocking Geospatial data with ArcGIS Online
Having just returned from the ESRI’s User Conference I couldn’t wait to try their new *free* mapmaking service ArcGIS online. Below you will find my first attempt at making a map, aided by the free time afforded by a bout with early...
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Top Five Crops per Country in West Africa
How does agricultural production compare within as well as between countries? This data vis ranks the top five crops within each country in West Africa by harvested area. Within the total harvested area of those top five crops, what share of area...
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SPAM Outputs: What are the Units?
Harvested area and physical area both reported in hectares. Production is reported in tons. (Note groundnut production is measured in the shell) Yield units in SPAM are kilograms / hectare. More specifically, yields are reported for wet crops, as in...
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You Are Invited…. To our Cassava Map Viewing Party After-Party
To the tunes of Cumbia and Cassava chips crunching, the Harvest Choice team convened a cassava map viewing party in hopes of mining our collective knowledge for information to validate our SPAM outputs, specifically, “Area Harvested Cassava”...