Under the theme “Earth observations: investments in the digital economy,” Ministers from GEO’s 105 Member governments will gather on 7-8 November 2019 for a roundtable discussion, dinner and Ministerial Summit to discussRead More…
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced the Disasters Interoperability Concept Development Study (CDS). The CDS will assess the current state of data and product exchange technologies as used in disaster planning,Read More…
Dr. Jörn Lauterjung, Direktor am Deutschen GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ wurde am 03. November in Köln für seine herausragenden Aktivitäten im Rahmen der Projektkoordination zur Entwicklung des Tsunami-Frühwarnsystems im Indischen Ozean vom Verband DeutscherRead More…
This document summarises on 107 pages the proceedings of The Fifth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, which took place from 24 to 26 May 2017 in Cancún, Mexico,Read More…
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The world has experienced several devastating disasters in this century, first an Earthquake of a very high magnitude and then Tsunami afterwards or heavy rainfalls followed by floods and landslides, which areRead More…
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is currently coordinating OSM mapping activities as response to Hurricane “Irma” which is affecting the islands of the Caribbean and Florida, as well as to the severeRead More…
The International AGSE Winter School on Crisis and Disaster Management is organized by the Geomatics Department at the University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart and the Department of Geomatics Engineering of the UniversityRead More…
On September 22 2016, community builders, development professionals, educators, geographers, humanitarians, journalists, philanthropists, programmers, and volunteer mappers came together to learn, discuss and share ideas on how open geospatial data and theRead More…
UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), also known as drones and RPAS, are used more and more in various fields for imagery, transport and other purposes. Humanitarian organisations, but also actors not traditionally involvedRead More…
Ärzte ohne Grenzen und das Rote Kreuz organisieren gemeinsam den ersten Mapathon in Österreich. Bei dieser „Mapping-Party“ helfen Freiwillige den Hilfsorganisationen dabei, eine vernachlässigte Krisenregion auf die Karte zu setzen. Detaillierte LandkartenRead More…