The Digital Earth Pacific training held in Majuro in early August involved a subregional group in learning how to use technology to map land and marine areas for a range of government programs and services.
The programme was led by a team from the Pacific Community (SPC) headed by former Palau ambassador to the European Union and for climate negotiations Olai Uludong.
The trainees spent a couple of days learning how to use an app and how it works to support a range of environmental, development and other needs in the islands. After that, the trainees went out for fieldwork to put the app into action as part of workshop projects.
The group put into action the knowledge learnt in the first two days’ computer lab and lessons by collecting Majuro land and marine area points in real-time while moving from Rita to Laura.
