State of the Map Nigeria 2025 Conference Day 3

Welcome to the official recording of State of the Map Nigeria 2025, a national geospatial conference uniting innovators, researchers, policymakers, and open mapping enthusiasts under the theme:
“Open Mapping for Change, Community Empowerment and Sustainable Development in Nigeria”

This session features insightful keynote addresses, technical paper presentations, Mapathon workshops, and community showcases highlighting how open geospatial data is transforming development in Nigeria and across Africa.

00:00 – Opening
07:50 – Keynote 6: Chinwe Oluwatoyin Adindu – From Maps to Money: How Open Data can Finance Nigeria's Climate Resilience
47:40 – Keynote 7: Joachim Gwoke – An introduction DuckDB: And why you should add this peculiar tool to your geospatial analysis toolkit
01:10:20 – Paper Presentation: Chinenye Kalu – Mosquito Activity and its Determinants in Port Harcourt
01:54:15 – Keynote 8: Tosin George – Map Your Grid: Crowdsourcing the Invisible- How Open Data Is Powering Africa's Energy Transition
02:41:10 – Keynote 9: Dr. Caroline Nickerson – The SciStarter Ecosystem
02:56:30– Paper Presentation: Obianinulu Oduwegwu – Mapping of Fire Hazard Risk Zones Associated with Petrol Filling Stations in Parts of Enugu Metropolis using Geospatial Technologies.
03:28:10– Paper Presentation: Grace Martins-Ateli – Mapping particulate matter 2.5 (pm2.5) pollution distribution in eleme local government area using Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) Interpolation Technique.
03:54:12– Paper Presentation: Ikape Ogeyi Mercy – A Research Proposal on the Assessment of the Impact of Agrochemicals on Soil Quality using GIS Techniques in Oju Local Government Area of Benue State
04:04:00– Paper Presentation: Adanna Nwigwe – Mapping Water Resources and Sanitation Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Nigeria: A Geospatial Approach to Achieving SDG 6
04:21:20– Paper Presentation: Dr. Amos I. Ugwuoti – Mapping of Ecotourism Hotspots in Enugu state: A sustainable approach to Ecotourism Development in Nigeria.
04:36:00– Break
05:05:30– MapYourGrid Workshop Session
05:47:30– ChatMap Recap
06:03:30 – Closing Session & Announcements

Official Website 👉 https://2025.stateofthemapnigeria.org
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