The Global Geo-Informatics Options by Context (GeOC) is a new web-based online GIS tool that enables its users allows to define, monitor, assess and , co-create knowledge and learning on learn from relevant SLM options that match the social-ecological context at global, regional and national scalesscale. The main unique features of the GeOC tool are:
- It is based on a systems framework scientifically sound and able to cope cope with the high level of contextual diversity;
- It improves linkages among different scales and kinds of data that are essential for SLM implementation, evaluation and upscaling.;
- It provides multiple entry points for diverse needs and preferences of users.;
- It offers user-friendly functions in multiple languages;
- It offers online multi-system interoperability.;
- It is developed to allow for continuous improvements and customizationscustomization.
GeOC is the result of the synergic efforts by CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems (CRP-DS),The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), ICARDA ICARDA Geoinformatics Unit (GU), and is powered by iMMAP, Codeobia, D-Space and Amazon Web Services.