Track: COVID-19 Competition

Abstract

In mid of December 2019, Wuhan sea food, China a new mysterious illness was reported lately called Coronavirus (COVID-19, The virus triggered a severe respiratory disease, rapidly speeded to many other states of China and around the world. COVID-19 is a new strain that had not been previously identified in humans. Hundreds of millions of people have been placed in some form of isolation. Governments announcing country wide lockdown while declaring the emergency to fight the sharp rise in coronavirus infection. The epidemic’s consequences are devastating, currently around the globe more than three million confirm cases reported. Unfortunately, we are still counting the days, the cases and, most sadly of all, the deadly virus has taken more than three hundred thousand lives. The Wealth Health Organization (WHO) officially has called Covid-19 a Pandemic. The previous viruses SARS-CoV, Avian Influenza, MERS-CoV and the Ebola, emerged the geographic information system , remote sensing applications , mapping and tracking techniques and social media platforms were provided an indispensable support for appropriate, accurate and timely response in the epidemic outbreak. The aim of the research is to critical review the development of geospatial dashboards which are using in real time monitoring and providing decision support in terms of visualization and integration of mapping in Covid-19 pandemic. This paper presents a comparison of Covid-19 geospatial dashboards and key technologies and applications use to fight with deadly virus.