Open-source data can be an effective tool to remotely assess and prioritize actions during conflict. This study aims to show that it can assist in the identification and prioritization of possible Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) contamination affecting key infrastructure sites that comprise a region’s power grid.

The map to the left was, in a sense, an afterthought (It's scale is more appropriate for an operations center wall). The main deliverable from this project was a list of power plants, generators, and substations derived from scraping Open Street Map that intersect UNOSAT building damage cells. These elements of the Ukrainian power grid in Chernihivska Hromada would be the first to receive a team to carry out Explosive Ordnance Non-technical Survey.

One of the things that I've been striving for is map minimalism. What is the least number of cartographic and operational elements that can be included in a map where the map's purpose is satisfied, and the map can be made no simpler? Making things simpler is likely harder than making them more complex.

This was something I played around with in my first geospatial course, with the Noise Map here.