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Disaster Response

UN-SPIDER Newsletter 2/13: Earth Observation for Disaster Response

Issue Date: 
Wed, 05/06/2013

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Processed on Jun 5th 2013

Disaster Response

This is event is available for participation on an ongoing basis
Basic Information
Event Organisers: 

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering professional development

More Information Link: 
Department of Engineering professional development
Language of event: 
English
Training Details
Training Event Type: 
Web-based Training Event
Training Target Audience: 
Designed for people involved in disaster management for natural disasters. It will benefit government personnel, representatives of private voluntary agencies, and other individuals interested in disaster/emergency management
Is a certificate Issued?: 
No certificate issued or not known
Training Tution: 
230.00 USD
Additional Information: 

Students will earn 30 Professional Development Hours (PDH) and 3 Continuing Education Units (CEU).

Course Summary:

Self study course

The topics of this course are :

Processed on Feb 28th 2013

HOT looks back on a successful year 2012

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Over the last two and a half years the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) has been continuously ensuring access to geodata in order to foresee and respond to natural disasters and crises.

Publishing Information
Publishing Date: 
Thu, 03/01/2013 - 10:20
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HOT
Processed on Jan 3rd 2013

Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop

Time and Duration
Venue City: 
Broomsfield, Colorado
Basic Information
Date: 
13/07/2013 - 16/07/2013
Venue: 
Omni Interlocken Resort
Venue Country: 
United States
Event Organisers: 

Natural Hazards Center

Co-organisers: 

University of Colorado at Boulder

More Information Link: 
Natural Hazards Center
Language of event: 
English
Natural Hazards Center

Since 1975, the Natural Hazards Center has hosted the Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop for 400 federal, state, and local emergency officials; representatives of nonprofit a

latitude: 
39.9198
longitude: 
105.117
Processed on Jan 2nd 2013

Disaster-hit areas in Japan to host international meeting on natural disasters

The Japanese government will host a ministerial-level international conference on natural disasters in early July in the three prefectures hit hardest by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, accord

Publishing Information
Publishing Date: 
Mon, 06/02/2012 - 12:52
Read more: 
Daily yomiuri online
latitude: 
38.2682
longitude: 
140.869
Processed on Feb 6th 2012

Red Cross Unveils New State-Of-The-Art Disaster Operations Center

The American Red Cross San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter unveils a new state-of-the-art Chapter Disaster Operations Center in an effort to enhance our community’s disaster response capabili

Publishing Information
Publishing Date: 
Mon, 06/02/2012 - 12:41
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American Red Cross
latitude: 
32.7153
longitude: 
-117.157
Processed on Feb 6th 2012

GTS Exhibits Geospatial Photo Technology Used in Haiti at the 2012 International Disaster Conference and Expo

Geo Tactical Solutions (GTS) promotes the use of advanced GPS cameras and photo mapping technology for disaster response and management at IDCE 2012.

Publishing Information
Publishing Date: 
Tue, 31/01/2012 - 16:25
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PRWeb
latitude: 
33.1581
longitude: 
-117.351
Processed on Jan 31st 2012

Emergency satellite communications platform bolsters global humanitarian intervention

ITU and Luxembourg to cooperate in telecommunications for disaster response

Publishing Information
Publishing Date: 
Tue, 20/12/2011 - 12:33
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International Telecommunication Union
latitude: 
49.8153
longitude: 
6.12958
Processed on Dec 20th 2011

Satellites respond to humanitarian needs

A review of crisis response using Earth observation techniques is now available online.

Publishing Information
Publishing Date: 
Tue, 22/11/2011 - 15:06
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esa
Processed on Nov 22nd 2011

OpenStreetMap’s New Micro-Tasking Platform for Satellite Imagery Tracing

The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team’s (HOT) response to Haiti remains one of the most remarkable examples of what’s possible when volunteers, open source software and open data intersec

Publishing Information
Publishing Date: 
Wed, 07/09/2011 - 16:33
Read more: 
iRevolution
Processed on Sep 7th 2011