OEMC project use case: Mosquito alert system for Italy (Zanzara tigre)
- Creators
- OpenGeoHub Foundation
Description
In this use-case we have worked on connecting the operational mosquito (health) monitoring agency with OEMC tools and data. The target stakeholder was Public Health Service, Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy. We provided two complementary open-source model applications whose outputs will support and integrate Emilia-Romagna region (RER) efforts to manage and control Ae. albopictus populations: the region has been collecting daily info on mosquito occurrence since 2017 (755 ovitraps in 10 main cities). They use the point data to generate a warning system, but the mapping framework could be possibly much improved and automated if more modern machine learning methods are used. The OEMC project would thus develop an automated framework for such data to demonstrate that the accuracy of the maps can be improved and production costs reduced. OpenGeoHub and Edmund Mach Foundation have developed an automated framework for such data to demonstrate that the accuracy of the maps can be improved and production costs reduced.
Stakeholder needs:
- Emilia-Romagna region (RER) uses point data and simple geostatistics to generate a warning system, but the mapping framework could be possibly much improved and automated if more modern Machine Learning methods are used,
- Training is needed to help experts in the group use the novel tools on a weekly basis,
Implementation steps include:
- Provide at least two complementary open-source model applications whose outputs will support and integrate Emilia-Romagna efforts to manage and control Ae. albopictus populations,
- Provide trainings in spatial analysis and spatial modelling in an open-source environment,