Gabriela de Lima Marin: A collaborative initiative for mapping and georeferencing schools in Brazil скачать в хорошем качестве

Gabriela de Lima Marin: A collaborative initiative for mapping and georeferencing schools in Brazil

This project presents a collaborative initiative aimed at improving the geolocation accuracy of Brazilian public schools through an interactive Shiny web application. By integrating existing location data from the Brazilian School Census with APIs from Google, Microsoft, and OpenStreetMap, we established an innovative workflow to assign accurate geographic coordinates to schools previously lacking precise location data. The Shiny application provides a user-friendly interface allowing school administrators and education managers to visually verify and manually adjust school locations via interactive maps. Over the past two years, this approach enabled the precise geolocation of previously unlocated schools and significantly enhanced the accuracy of geolocation data of schools. The geolocation data collected and validated through this project will be openly shared with relevant governmental stakeholders, promoting transparency and supporting evidence-based decision-making. Moreover, the project exemplifies how collaborative data science and innovative web technology—particularly R Shiny—can be effectively leveraged in public administration, enabling managers, stakeholders, and the community to directly contribute to data accuracy and positively influence educational outcomes in Brazil.