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On Monday, Somali pirates operating 500 miles off the coast of Kenya seized a Saudi-owned supertanker carrying $100 million worth of crude oil. The pirates reportedly used GPS and satellite phones — and anti-tank rocket launchers — to capture their booty. Joshua Lyons at UNOSAT describes how he uses GIS to monitor pirate activity: Vibrio cholerae bacteria. Source: Kirn et al. (2000). From Science Daily: Cholera outbreaks may soon be predicted using satellite sensors, paving the way for preemptive medicine in countries that suffer epidemics… |
I am an Associate in the Poverty, Gender and Youth Program at the Population Council and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Public Health in the New York University Master's Program in Global Public Health. 
 
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