Having just returned from the ESRI's User Conference I couldn't wait to try their new *free* mapmaking service ArcGIS online. Below you will find my first attempt at making a map, aided by the free time afforded by a bout with early morning insomnia an... Source: Home of the Spatial Production Allocation Model (MAPSPAM)
Top Five Crops per Country in West Africa
How does agricultural production compare within as well as between countries? This data vis ranks the top five crops within each country in West Africa by harvested area. Within the total harvested area of those top five crops, what share of area is... Source: Home of the Spatial Production Allocation Model (MAPSPAM)
SPAM Outputs: What are the Units?
Harvested area and physical area both reported in hectares. Production is reported in tons. (Note groundnut production is measured in the shell) Yield units in SPAM are kilograms / hectare. More specifically, yields are reported for wet crops, as in th... Source: Home of the Spatial Production Allocation Model (MAPSPAM)
You Are Invited…. To our Cassava Map Viewing Party After-Party
To the tunes of Cumbia and Cassava chips crunching, the Harvest Choice team convened a cassava map viewing party in hopes of mining our collective knowledge for information to validate our SPAM outputs, specifically, "Area Harvested Cassava" in Sub Sah... Source: Home of the Spatial Production Allocation Model (MAPSPAM)
Launching MapSpaM With New Ways to Access Data
We love sharing information and are always looking for better ways to connect you with the data easily. Our data page features many ways to access SPAM data. Please scroll through the whole page to see them all. Source: Home of the Spatial Production Allocation Model (MAPSPAM)
