App Profile: Spatial Agent

Learn more about the planet, people, prosperity, and infrastructure in a new digital asset!
A true Spatial treat! A great way to explore the growing world of free, multi-sectoral, public-domain development data, cloud analytics, and visualization at your fingertips!

This innovative App has been significantly refreshed by the World Bank as part of an evolving Livable Planet Observatory to improve awareness of a growing world of freely accessible data and analytics of relevance to development. Although challenges still exist in access to development data, there are opportunities to leverage the data collected from across the globe, from earth observation, and generated by models to provide useful insights. This App draws from the hard work over the years of many countries, agencies and individuals that have worked to make data more organized and accessible as free online services to provide insights for any location of interest globally. A new world of cloud analytics and visualization has also enabled access to powerful exploration of complex data. This “Spatial Agent” mobile App update leverages these new capabilities to visualize this growing range of spatial and temporal perspectives of development-related data on iPhones or iPADs.

Zoom into any part of the world and explore a range of amazing datasets and perform amazing analytics in seconds! For example…
• What parts of the Amazon are being threatened by recent deforestation?
• How have China’s Greenhous Gas emissions changed in the last decade as compared to India?
• How have urban areas grown in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe in recent decades?
• What is the youth population of the Volta basin and how is it distributed?
• Where are the buildings (delineated by AI) on the river islands (Chars) in Bangladesh?
• Can I see the satellite data from the last week for my area of interest?
• Can I explore all the key digital, transport, and energy assets for the entire world?
• What projects is the Bank financing in my country?
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…YES! You can do all this and much, much, more with this version of Spatial Agent! Install the App and try it out! Enjoy the experience of discovering the world in a whole new way – whether your interests lie in climate and disaster management or environment and infrastructure! The simplicity of use and wealth of information is sure to appeal to you – whether you are a student, development professional, journalist, sector expert, or a President! We all have a role in better understanding, and contributing to, a more livable planet!

The World Bank is committed to improving open data access to all and reflects this enhanced use of mobile App platforms to promote a shared understanding on the livability of our planet. Please do use this data with caution as many of the datasets are still evolving leveraging a new world of technology. We intend to keep adding more exciting data, analytics, and visualizations from across the world as they become available – stay tuned for exciting forthcoming updates! Please do send us feedback and suggestions for new free, public-domain data, analytical, and visualization services to showcase and what we can do to improve the functionality and utility of this App for you!