Understanding mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic
This blog outlines some of the work the Campus has been doing, bringing our skills together with new data sources to help inform responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Using satellite imagery to report changes to water bodies for SDG 6.6.1
In this blog, we describe how we have assessed the quality of the novel Global Surface Water Explorer (GSWE) dataset to better understand its value and fitness-for-purpose, producing data to report the UK’s position on indicator 6.6.1.
Extracting text data from business website COVID-19 notices
We used text data from over 500,000 business websites to inform survey response-chasing efforts and gain insights into the impact of COVID-19.
Counting cows in South Sudan
On World Statistics Day 2020, our ONS FCDO Data Science Hub talk about exploring the use of satellite imagery to conduct a cattle census in South Sudan.
Getting the UK coding
This week is National Coding Week – an annual event that aims to inspire young people to code and build digital skills.
Estimating vehicle and pedestrian activity from traffic cameras
Using deep learning algorithms with publicly available traffic camera images to help understand changing patterns of mobility and activity levels in towns and cities.
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The Campus will develop and deliver the 2021 programme in partnership with several Office for National Statistics (ONS) teams and other government departments.
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