Mapping Center
The Online Mapping Centre (OMC) is a public and free platform for geographical mapping exercises. It features interactive online maps and thematic information systems as well as Data Visualizations, such as heat maps, graphs, charts, etc.
Active Maps:
[SRIS: Syrian refugees information system maps]
Mapping of the geographic distribution of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
This mapping exercise actively, collects, consolidates and assesses data discrepancies and gaps from employing different information and data sources from Humanitarian aid organizations, municipalities, national civil society organizations and practitioners, among others. The purpose of this exercise is to provide a comprehensive overview on the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, and their geographic distribution, as to allow Aid actors to efficiently plan and organize their actions.
Mapping of aid projects targeting Syrian refugees in Lebanon
This mapping system is aimed at supporting humanitarian and recovery organizations as well as institutions who are currently working, or planning future interventions directed towards syrian refugees in Lebanon. The system lists projects and interventions organized by their respective sectors of interventions and by geographical coverage. The purpose of this exercise is to support coordination efforts and to identify possible gaps in aid distribution, so as to increase delivery and efficiency of aid.
Mapping of Human rights violations against Syrian refugees in Lebanon
This mapping system aims at creating a platform for the consolidation, organization and mapping of the different Human Rights violations occuring against Syrian refugees in Lebanon, the purpose of this exercise is to provide Human Rights activists, organizations and practitioners with the relevant tools and platform to report and to research and analyse the conditions, status and frequencies of Human Rights violations and their dimesnions in Lebanon, as to be able to plan relevant interventions to reduce the suffering of oppressed and discriminated against groups.
Mapping of the geographical distribution of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees community in Lebanon
This mapping exercise actively, collects, consolidates existing vulnerability data, studies and assessments from various sources and maps them to their different localities in Lebanon. The purpose of this exercise is to allow Humanitarian bodies and organizations to spot vulnerable groups among the Syrian refugee population in Lebanon, as to best plan their interventions in the purpose of reducing vulnerabilities.
[HRMS: Human rights monitoring system]
Human rights violations mapping & reporting center
The Human rights violations mapping is based on active research of reported Human Rights Violations in the local and international media, as well as Human Rights reports conducted by national and international civil society organisations. Moreover a public reporting mechanism is in place, to encourage citizens and public online reporting on violations, which will be later validated and mapped to the system.
Coming soon:
SRIS-[Data Availability]: Geographical Availability of data and information on conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon
The aim of this exercise is to geographically map existing data and needs assessments, as to determine existing coverage, availability and gaps concerning the conditions and situation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
Heat Maps: are graphical representation of data over a map, mainly focusing on displaying intensity and freqency data through color representations.
The purpose of these maps is to illustrate National disparities of selected indicators on a national and administrative level, organizations and researchers can also upload their data on to the designated forms to be then converted into an online heat map. Examples of existing heatmaps: [Distribution of NGOs in Lebanon], [Unemployment rates on Mouhafaza level], [Concentration of economic activity by Mouhafaza], [Women's Labor participation rates], [and many others...]
