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Project Nr.:1.2.4
Title:Development of the APOPO-PARADIS GIS
Description:APOPO has developed an original method of explosive detection using African rats. This NGO is currently working in Mozambique on the clearance of live minefields. PARADIS (a Prototype for Assisting Rational Activities in Demining using Images from Satellites) is a GIS aimed at improving the planning of humanitarian demining campaigns. PARADIS was first developed for the Belgian Armed Forces Bomb Disposal Unit (SEDEE-DOVO). Several field tests conducted with APOPO in Mozambique from October 2005 to July 2007 showed that the PARADIS system could be useful to record, monitor and fine-tune the APOPO clearance process. However, the field trials also showed that the system required to be further developed in order to fit the APOPO operational procedures. This task started in September 2007 and a first functional version of the system was installed at the APOPO premises in January 2008. After this experimental period the PARADIS system was fine-tuned based on the user feedback and the final version was installed at the APOPO premises in Mozambique in October 2008.
Aim:Field tests of the PARADIS system tailored to the APOPO needs.
Request:APOPO
Category:Survey
Type:Test and Evaluation
Equipment:PARADIS Field and Planning interfaces (based on respectively ESRI ArcPad and ArcView) with PC, PDA, and GPS software, applied to the APOPO African Rat Detection System
Development:Prototype/Demonstrator
Time Frame: 2006-10-01 to 2008-10-31
Place:Mozambique
Lead Nation:Belgium
Partners:APOPO
Point of contact:
E-mail:Not available
Status:Archived
Comments:
  • Preliminary development trials were carried out during the period 2005 - 2007. The test report of the October 2006 development trial is available on the ITEP website.
  • The system was installed at the APOPO premises in Mozambique at the end of January 2008, where it was used by APOPO in a live minefield for recording and planning of their clearance operations and final feedback to the developers.
  • The fully functional final system was installed at the APOPO premises in Mozambique at the end of October 2008.
    • Results/Conclusions:Notwithstanding promising field tests, the adapted PARADIS system showed several weaknesses which prevented APOPO from using it operationally. The final report includes a description of the adapted PARADIS system, together with a summary of its strengths and weaknesses.


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