Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)

NASA's satellite Aqua captures floods in Kenya

After floods isolated schools and villages in southeastern Kenya in early May 2012, affected more than 3,000 families in the region around Malindi, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (...
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UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop successfully concluded

From 24-26 April, the UN-SPIDER Programme carried out its Fifth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology. The workshop focused on strengthening...
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Locust Outbreak in Northern Africa: UN-SPIDER facilitates support

UN-SPIDER is providing support to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in response to the widespread locust outbreak by facilitating access to various satellite imagery...
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Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) established in 1975 is a premier centre of excellence in the provision of geo-information and allied information communication applications. As part of its mandate, RCMRD through its programme on early warning extends capacity building, research, development and innovation services utilizing space technology for disaster risk reduction, disaster management and for emergency response.

RSO RCMRD has staff with varied expertise in applied geo-informatics and geo-management with combined experience of more than 35 years of its existence.

Facilities and infrastructure:

RCMRD has 3 computer laboratories, 4MBps up/down Internet, 2 Satellite dishes for products download and state of the art servers for geoprocessing.

Space Based:

  • Landsat Products- MSS,TM, ETM (+)
  • Envisat Products- MERIS, ASAR, ATSAR
  • EUMETSAT Products- MSG, METOP,SAF-LSA, SEVIRI,VGT4Africa, MODIS Fire, etc
  • SPOT SCENE Coverage
  • QUICKBIRD/WORLDVIEW Coverage
  • IKONOS/GEOEYE Coverage, etc

 

Other datasets:

  • Selected Topographic maps
  • Regional Vector databases

 

CREST hydrological model
GIS & Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing
Global Positioning System(GPS) for general applications & Mobile Mapping/GIS Post Graduate Certificate Course in Application of Earth Observation and GIS in Integrated Water Resources Management
Digital Photogrammetry

  

UN-SPIDER World

Get in touch

Main Contact:
Dr. Tesfaye Korme
Director Remote Sensing, GIS and Mapping Department
+254 723 786161
rcmrd@rcmrd.org

Alternative Contact:
Erick Khamala
Remote Sensing Officer
Phone +254 723 786161
rcmrd@rcmrd.org

Address:
Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development
Off Kasarani Road
Nairobi
KENYA
http://www.rcmrd.org

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