Presented byustin Sherin, WWHGD Working Group (Booz Allen Hamilton), at the June 2012 MEASURE GIS Working Group.

1. World-Wide Human Geography Data (WWHGD)
Working Group
June 2012

2. Agenda
 WWHGD Working Group Vision
 Mission
 Objectives
 Theme Areas
 Human Security Taxonomy – Data Framework
 WWHGD Working Group Activities
 WWHGD website

3. Vision
“We need foundation data globally on
human geography in order to understand
people to support human
security, humanitarian assistance / disaster
relief and emergency preparedness, response
and recovery”

4. Human Geography Data
It is data about why people do what they do
where they do it.

5. Political
Stability
Humanitarian Nation Recovery
Assistance / and
Disaster Relief Reconstitution
Emerging
Infections Education
Disaster
Risk
Human Cultural
Emergency
Reduction
Security Property
Preparedness,
Response and Communications
Recovery Security
Public
Economics
Health
Ecosystem
Infrastructure Services Transportation
Security Security
Water Food
Security Security
Energy
Security
Many Missions Enable Human Security and All Require
Foundation Human Geography Data

6. Objectives
 Build voluntary partnerships/“community of the interested”
across Human Geography data and mapping communities
with the goal of promoting Human Security
 Document Human Geography data
requirements, priorities, gaps
 Discover & Catalog Human Geography data sources and
mapping efforts
 Facilitate sharing among Human Geography data and
mapping communities
 Promote methodologies to build data sets at scales
appropriate to end users.

7. Coordination
Efforts
Samples - Not All Inclusive

8. Theme Areas
 Climate  Land-Use
 Communications (cover, ownership)
 Demographics  Language
 Economy  Medical / Health
 Education  Religion
 Ethnicity  Significant Events
 Groups  Transportation
(civil, political, ideological)

9. Human Security Taxonomy
 A list of data elements to be collected in preparation for a
disaster.
 Incorporated “peer review” process
 Researched past Lessons Learned archives and studied existing
humanitarian assistance data models.
 Contains 40 Foundation Layers
 A living document, open to feedback, and is a fundamental data
framework within the WWHGD Working Group.
“Helping nations help themselves”

10. First WWHGD Meeting
Hosted by USGS
• Over 200 participants representing
over 100 Organizations
throughout:
• DoD
• Civilian Agencies
• UN
• Academia
• Private Industry
• Special guests from S. Sudan
• Over 150 disks of UN data
distributed
• Climate Change and African
Political Stability Program and
South Sudan data made available

11. First Data Give Away…
UNdata (data.un.org) – 32 databases/60 million records publicly available
Dataset Source
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Human Development Indices UN Development Program (UNDP)
Indicators of Women and Men UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
International Homicide Data UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Key indicators of the Labor Market International Labour Organization (ILO)
OECD Data Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
World Contraceptive Use UN Population Division (UNPD)
World Fertility Data UN Population Division (UNPD)
World Marriage Data UN Population Division (UNPD)
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Data International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
World Tourism Data World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
UNHCR Statistical Database UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Commodity Trade StatisticsDatabase UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
Energy Statistics Database UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
Environment Statistics Database UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
FAO Data Food and Agriculture Division (FAO)
Global Indicator Database UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
INDSTAT UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Industrial Commodity Statistics Database UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
International Financial Statistics International Monetary Fund (IMF)
LABORSTA International Labour Organization (ILO)
Millennium Development Goals Database UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
National Accounts Official Country Data UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
The State of the World’s Children UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Green – Complete
UIS Data Centre UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UNESCO UIS) Black – In Works
UNAIDS Data Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
UNSD Demographic Statistics UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
WHO Data World Health Organization (WHO)
World Development Indicators The World Bank (WB)
WMO Standard Normals World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Population Prospects UN Population Division (UNPD)

12. Future WWHGD WG Meetings
 27 June 2012 – World Bank in Washington, DC focused on data and
mapping associated with Economics and Livelihood
 27 July 2012 – San Diego State University focused on data and
mapping associated with Natural Disasters and Climate
 Fall 2012 – Tentative – National Defense University focused on
data and mapping associated with Communications and Groups
 Winter 2012 – Tentative – SOUTHCOM focused on data and
mapping associated with Transportation

13. Contact Information
Lee Schwartz Debbie Fugate
202-618-5925 202-736-7218
SchwartzLR@state.gov fugateDL@state.gov
Justin Sherin Terri Ryan Dr. Eric Rasmussen
757-478-1393 757-810-7681 360-621-3592
sherin_justin@bah.com ryan_terri@bah.com RasmussenE@AccessAgility.com
Kevin Kurtz Tiffany Holland
757-651-4800 202-701-3775
kurtz_kevin@bah.com holland_tiffany@bah.com
https://WWHGD.org
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14. Questions?