Cities are centers of population but also of problem-solving capacity, economic activity, and institutional innovation.

To fulfill their potential, cities need to know themselves. This requires complete and accurate geospatial data and the ability to use it to plan and monitor progress.

Just development requires that data and planning are inclusive and responsive to the priorities of disadvantaged populations.

TransformYourCity addresses these problems together, starting with informal settlement communities, helping to democratize urban planning solutions, and opening them up to collaborations of multiple local stake-holders.

Without data systems, technical planning capacity and just objectives, development and climate adaptation are impossible.

As Gregory Blamo, Secretary General of the Liberia Red Cross, puts it: "Without accurate data we either do the wrong thing or we do nothing."

Creating the knowledge systems and peer networks for development will benefit hundreds of millions of people in cities around the world.