Single Scenario Food Insecurity Map

The Single Scenario Food Insecurity visualization is a map that displays a single scenario (current food security outcomes, near term projection, or medium term projection) without a timeline. This visualization is normally included in the Current Acute Food Insecurity Outcomes section of the Food Security Outlook (FSO).

To build an Acute Food Insecurity visualization with a timeline, refer to the guidance found here.

Use the instructional video above and the following guidelines to create a Single Scenario Acute Food Insecurity visualization.

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Standard visualization fields

Internal Title: This field is optional and will not show up in the report. You may use it to help you quickly identify a specific visualization in your report in the CMS.

*Alt Text: Provide a brief description of what the visualization shows. Learn more about writing alt text for FEWS NET visualizations.

Show Figure Label: If the visualization is referred to in the text of the report and needs a figure number (i.e. Figure 1), make sure this toggle is turned on.

*Pick a visualization type: Choose Single Scenario Acute Food Insecurity Map for Reports.

Visualization specific fields

*Country/region fields

Select an item from one of these dropdown boxes. Do not select both a country and a geographic group.

Select a country: Select a country if you are creating a country report.

Select a geographic group: Select a geographic group if you are creating a regional report.

Date fields

*Collection date: A collection date is needed to ensure that the data doesn’t automatically update every month. The collection date is the first day of the month in which the report is published. For example, October 1, 2022 would be used for the October 2022 Outlook. The corresponding map will only display data up to October 2022, even as new data becomes available.

Map specific fields

*Select a scenario: This field allows you to choose between the current situation, near term projection, and medium term projection. Note: select Current Situation when building this visualization for the current acute food insecurity outcomes section of an FSO.

Show HFA data: Selecting this checkbox will display the HFA wheat bag icons instead of the FEWS NET “Allowing for assistance” exclamation point icons on the map. HFA data is typically only selected for the Acute Food Insecurity Map included at the end of a report.

Do not display attribution: This field is normally left unchecked. If selected, the map will not display the source (FEWS NET).

Do not display legend: This field is normally left unchecked. If selected, the map will not display the legend.

Data Center png image: This field is normally left unchecked, and is specific to creating the PNGs available in the FEWS NET Data Center.

Auto-generated fields

All of these fields will be automatically generated but can be overridden if desired.

Visualization title: The auto-generated title will be formatted as follows:

Disclaimer: The auto-generated disclaimer is “FEWS NET classification is IPC-compatible. IPC-compatible analysis follows key IPC protocols but does not necessarily reflect the consensus of national food security partners.” If this map is for Ethiopia, it will also contain the standard disclaimer about Ethiopia administrative boundaries.

Source Attribution: The auto-generated source attribution is a compilation of the data source organization names stored in FDW for the data used to create the map.

Generate the visualization

*Generate URL: Click this button once you have filled out the fields above to generate the visualization. The system will provide a thumbnail of the visualization and a URL where you can preview the visualization. Note: It may take a minute to generate the thumbnail image. Make sure you allow the thumbnail to load before saving the visualization.

The system will automatically populate the remaining fields: Data Visualization Type, Primary URL, Image URL, and JSON Configuration. These SHOULD NOT be edited.