Benjamin Stewart Keywords geospatial and big data support geomapping poverty disaster mapping Read more about Benjamin Stewart Benjamin Stewart leads the World Bank’s Global Operational Support Team (GOST), focusing on providing geospatial and big data support to teams across the World Bank Group. Having 10 years of experience in geospatial support at the World Bank, Ben has experience in issues of infrastructure, electrification, urbanization, and disaster mapping, among many others. Originally from Canada, Ben has an educational background in Biology and Geography and worked for ESRI Canada and the Canadian Forest Service before he joined the World Bank in 2012.
Mapping with Drones Read more about Mapping with Drones A new and emerging technology, drone introduces a great potential for use in high-resolution mapping complementary to traditional surveying technology and traditional photogrammetry. Geoinformatics Center, based at the Asian Institute of Technology’s School of Engineering and Technology, is engaged in research on delivering efficient and high quality aerial map products at low cost using drones.