GeOC is a new web-based GIS tool that enables its users to define, monitor, assess and co-create knowledge and learning on relevant SLM options that match the social-ecological context at global, regional and national scales. The unique features of the GeOC tool are:
- It is based on a systems framework scientifically sound and able to 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 customizations.
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 Geoinformatics Unit (GU), and is powered by iMMAP, Codeobia, D-Space and Amazon Web Services