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This project aims to provide an information infrastructure for the spatial study of the new novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China and spread other regions of China and more than 24 countries and regions. The objectives of this project are:

• To provide the data support for the spatial study of COVID-19 at local, regional and global levels with information collected and integrated from different sources.
• To facilitate the quantitative research on spatial spread and impacts of COVID-19 with advanced methodology and technology.
• To promote collaborative research in the spatial study of COVID-19 on the China Data Lab platform.
• To promote the use and sharing of data sources in teaching and research with CDL/Dataverse/WorldMap.
• To build the capacity for future collaborative projects.

This project is a joint effort by scholars and professionals from the Center for Geographical Analysis at Harvard University, the Geo-Computation Center for Social Sciences at Wuhan University, the China Data Institute, and RMDS Lab. The final data will be deployed to dataverse.harvard.edu for research sharing.

Contact: spatialdatalab@list.fas.harvard.edu