Office for Outer Space Affairs
UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal
Help Shape the Future of the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal
The UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal is your one-stop platform for resources on space-based disaster risk management. It provides: • Links and guidance on satellite data sources and applications • Recommended practices and step-by-step methodologies • Training materials and tutorials • Case studies and user stories from real-world applications • News and updates on UN-SPIDER activities, events, and global developments
Since its last major review in 2012, the Portal has evolved significantly. Now, we want to hear from you.
We invite you to take part in the 2025 evaluation of the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal!
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is a great pleasure to welcome geospatial users, analyst, and developers to KNUST, Kumasi for the 2nd Geospatial User Conference. A forum to foster the progress in the field of science and technology of location data, through contributions from your expertise to what promises to be an exciting meeting of learning, networking and collaboration. The 2020 Geospatial User Conference is a three-day event which will be held jointly with the International Conference on Geography and Development (INCOGaD-2020) on 29-31 July, 2020 on the theme, “geospatial applications in development”. The meeting will host plenary speakers, keynote speakers, in addition to technical presentations and workshops, thus creating a platform for sharing, exchanging and exploring new avenues of Geospatial Science and Technology, and related research and latest developments. We hope that Geospatial User Conference-2020 serve as an innovative platform for creating new opportunities and establishing new collaborations.
Students, academics, scientists, social scientists, engineers, planners, architects, and professionals.
No prior experience in GIS, Remote Sensing or other locational technologies is required.
UITS Computer Lab, Main Library, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.