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New The first KIDS-3g website is now available online for the public to view: GLiPHA  
 
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Monday, 10 December 2007
  • KIDS is user-friendly mapping software that allows to collect, map and disseminate food insecurity and vulnerability indicators that are relevant to FIVIMS.
  • KIDS allows the analysis and visual display of data collected at different levels of aggregation and can help the monitoring and surveillance of the food and nutrition situation over time.
  • The system is 100% Java based and portable across Windows, MacIntosh, Linux and other Unix platforms. It has been tailored for FIVIMS requirements and may be modified as those requirements change or expand.
  • KIDS is not a Geographic Information System. It relies on GIS systems to provide its mapping layers and data providers for its data content.The software will allow the import and export of the major five GIS map formats (Atlas*GIS BNA, ESRI Arc/Info "ungenerated", ESRI Shapefile, IDRISI VEC, MapInfo MIF/MID). KIDS was designed to combine GIS maps with related data sets and to allow the analysis of information in any easy and efficient manner in stand-alone mode and over the Internet.
What are KIDS main functions?
  • Importing maps and associated datasets.
  • Displaying and mapping indicators
  • Creating databases which allow the monitoring of the different indicators across time as well as cross-county comparisons
  • Dissemination of data and maps
  • Analytical functions
What are the main advantages of KIDS over the traditional GIS mapping products?
  • It is user-friendly and accessible to non-GIS specialists
  • It is available free of charge
  • It is easily distributed in three forms:
What are the main advantages of KIDS over the traditional GIS mapping products?
  • KIDS Internet version will be accessible via the FIVIMS web page
  • KIDS downloadable version will be made available free of charge from the FIVIMS web page
  • It is flexible and can be adapted to changing user requirements
  • It is a efficient tool to be used at different sub-national levels for the analysis and dissemination of food insecurity information
  • It contributes to the establishment and co-ordination of national FIVIMS
  • It increases food insecurity information exchange and collaboration between countries and FAO
  • It will be placed in Open Source Development (OSD) environment to capitalize on the open and free ideas and development resources around the World for its continued growth and usage.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 12 December 2007 )
 
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