GIS

Geospatial Information Systems

Innovation for resilience: Vanuatu pioneers data-driven disaster response

January 20, 2026
One of the world’s most disaster-prone nations, Vanuatu has launched an innovative platform combining satellite and admin data with open-source tools to forecast disaster impacts and strengthen crisis preparedness.

Vanuatu’s preparedness for disaster and climate change: An experiment in data science

July 30, 2025
One of the world’s most disaster-prone nations, the Republic of Vanuatu has executed an innovative experiment that seeks to improve its climate resilience through data science, supported by the Pacific Community (SPC) and World Bank.

QGIS for Census and Survey Mapping 2022

November 14, 2022
The 2022 version of the QGIS for Census and Survey Mapping has been revamped to adapt the manual to the latest Long Term Release version of QGIS.

PopGIS New Caledonia now available

December 1, 2021
In partnership with Isee New Caledonia, SDD presents PopGIS3 Nouvelle-Calédonie

Pacific Islands making the move to electronic data collection

July 10, 2021
Between 2010 and 2020, many Pacific Islands and Territories have updated their traditional data collection processes, embracing new technologies. The island nations Kiribati and Vanuatu, among others, successfully switched to computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), a new data management system and a survey monitoring dashboard.

COVID-19 Pandemic, Geospatial Information and Community Resilience

June 28, 2021
The COVID-19 Pandemic, Geospatial Information and Community Resilience: Global Applications and Lesson report is now available.

“QGIS for Census and Survey Mapping” manual launching

May 19, 2020
SDD is pleased to announce the launch of its QGIS for Census and Survey Mapping manual.