Developing a Geo-spatial Information Framework to Facilitate National Identification System (NIS) in Ghana

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Owusu-Banahene ◽  
I.K. Nti ◽  
P.J. Sallis
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Information ◽  
Identification System ◽  
National Identification ◽  
Information Framework

scholarly journals Benefits of linking civil registration and vital statistics with identity management systems for measuring and achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 indicators

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Mills ◽  
Jane Kim Lee ◽  
Bahie Mary Rassekh
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
National Identification ◽  
The Government

Abstract A complete civil registration and vital statistics system is the best source of data for measuring most of the Sustainable Development Goal 3 indicators. However, civil registration does not include migration data, which are necessary for calculating the actual number of people living in a given area and their characteristics such as age and sex. This information is needed to facilitate planning, for example, for school places, health care, infrastructure, etc. It is also needed as the denominator for the calculation of a range of health and socioeconomic indicators. Obtaining and using these data can be particularly beneficial for measuring and achieving universal health coverage (Target 3.8), because civil registration can help to identify persons in need of health care and enable decision-makers to plan for the delivery of essential services to all persons in the country, including the most disadvantaged populations. By assigning unique identification numbers to individuals, for example, at birth registration, then using these numbers to link the individuals’ data from civil registration, national identification, and other functional registers, including registers for migration and health care, more accurate and disaggregated population values can be obtained. This is also a key to improving the effectiveness of and access to social services such as education, health, social welfare, and financial services. When civil registration system in a country is linked with its national identification system, it benefits both the government and its citizens. For the government, having reliable and up-to-date vital events information on its citizens supports making informed program and policy decisions, ensuring the accurate use of funds and monitoring of development programs at all levels. For individuals, it makes it easier to prove one’s identity and the occurrence of vital events to claim public services such as survivor benefits or child grants.

scholarly journals Using Automatic Identification System (AIS) Data to Estimate Whale Watching Effort

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Almunia ◽  
Patricia Delponti ◽  
Fernando Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Automatic Identification ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Whale Watching ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Automatic Identification System ◽  
Maritime Navigation

The growing concerns about the negative effects caused by whale watching on wild cetacean populations are evincing the need to measure whale watching effort more precisely. The current alternatives do not provide sufficient information or imply time-consuming and staff-intensive tasks that limit their effectiveness to establish the maximum carrying capacity for this tourist activity. A methodology based on big data analysis, using Automatic Identification System (AIS) messages can provide valuable vessel activity information, which is necessary to estimate whale watching effort in areas with cetacean populations. We used AIS data to automatically detect whale watching operations and quantify whale watching effort with high spatial and temporal resolution in the Canary Islands off the west African coast. The results obtained in this study are very encouraging, proving that the methodology can estimate seasonal and annual trends in the whale watching effort. The methodology has also proved to be effective in providing detailed spatial information about the whale watching effort, which makes an interesting tool to manage spatial regulations and enforce exclusion zones. The widespread use of AIS devices in maritime navigation provides an enormous potential to easily extend this methodology to other regions worldwide. Any public strategy aimed at the sustainable use of marine resources should enhance the use of this kind of information technologies, collecting and archiving detailed information on the activity of all the vessels, especially in marine protected areas.

scholarly journals NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE: AN OUTSIDE REVIEW FROM ETHIOPIAN PERSPECTIVE.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 958-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavendra Singh ◽  
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Ashenafi Chalchissa ◽  
Mulugeta Kejela ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Identification System ◽  
National Identification

Practical Picture Processing

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 338-339
Author(s):  
T. A. Welton
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Coherence Length ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Coherent Radiation ◽  
The State ◽  
Energy Spread ◽  
Electron Micrograph ◽  
Picture Processing ◽  
Molecular Skeleton

Various authors have emphasized the spatial information resident in an electron micrograph taken with adequately coherent radiation. In view of the completion of at least one such instrument, this opportunity is taken to summarize the state of the art of processing such micrographs. We use the usual symbols for the aberration coefficients, and supplement these with £ and 6 for the transverse coherence length and the fractional energy spread respectively. He also assume a weak, biologically interesting sample, with principal interest lying in the molecular skeleton remaining after obvious hydrogen loss and other radiation damage has occurred.

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