Scaling Ramani Huria Mussa Natty Technical Advisor Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner’s Office

2011 Pilot in Tandale ward showed that Communities can be a source of Useful Data Collect very Local Data – e.g.. drain type, business types, etc Fast changing features – e.g.. rubbish sites, flooding areas Citizen can voice Issues on the map – e.g.. Solid waste dump sites

2011 Pilot in Tandale ward In September 2011, 25 Town Planning Students worked with 25 community members to map Tandale in 3 weeks August 2011 September 2011

When I was the City Director, I saw the power of this project from the early stages. I directed that we release the basemaps that we had to be open data. Now we have the Tanzania Open Data Program – but we here in Dar es Salaam were the first!

Now, from this foundation, as you have seen, it has scaled up Now, from this foundation, as you have seen, it has scaled up! But we can scale it up further and make this useful project, even more useful to all in communities and local government

Advantages of Using Community Mapping Affordable Data Collection for local level – approx. $10,000 per ward Hyper-local details – trees, businesses, water points, facilities, drains Community Context – digitizing critical features for citizens Culture of participating in mapping strengthens relationship of ward office with community Drainage Map Transportation Map Tandale Schools Msasani Village

Pioneering New Technology Simple & Affordable UAVs – approx. $1,000 for phantom, $15,000 for ebee – low running costs High resolution – up to 3cm Basemap, 8cm Elevation model Timeliness – can choose exact day of mapping to suit project needs for baseline Cloud free – advantages over satellite and manned aircraft as drone fly under clouds Streetview mapping collects data of the streets, from the side We need to use different technologies to solve our problems. But also we need to build up our staff

Challenges to Scale Ramani Huria Coordination: Mix of Universities, COSTECH, City and Disaster Management Department. For UAV Permits we require Ministry of Defense, Lands and Survey, Aviation Authority Data Processing: flying UAVs is easy, but processing takes trial and error for good outputs with high spec computers – need to build this capacity in Dar es Salaam, we have the opportunity to lead Community Mapping: low cost but labour intensive – relies on steady supply of students and a willing community

Towards Mapping All of our City Map all 101 wards, we’ve mapped around 21 fully, drains in 41. We have far to go Expand community resilience teams to all at-risk communities Support community members in resolving challenges in their community Build a center of excellence for mapping and flood resilience within the local universities – train the next generation of urban planners! Expand training for city officials on how to make decisions with the maps Make maps freely available and replaceable Centralize production of our maps - reuse data making the maps, do not recreate and duplicate efforts Make data open as much as possible, foster a culture of collaboration, between the Ministries, the City Council, Municipalities, Ward Offices and our community. Let’s build a smarter Dar es Salaam