Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
Geographic insight delivered through a combination of authoritative spatial data and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology offers disaster relief agencies the greatest vantage point for determining how best to respond to an emergency, says Chris McIntosh, an...
Thursday, October 8th, 2015
Abu Dhabi, Oct. 7, 2015 — At the second Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi today, experts highlighted the achievements of the movement’s Special Initiatives in providing data, tools and frameworks to help inform decision-making for...
Wednesday, February 11th, 2015
LONDON, Feb. 9, 2015—The increased use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in disaster management has resulted in the growth of GIS Market in China, which is expected to post a CAGR of 11.75 percent from...
Thursday, December 11th, 2014
Dec. 11, 2014 - The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA), in partnership with the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER), conducted its first international Geospatially Enabling Community Collaboration (GECCo)...
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Supergeo Technologies, a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions, gladly announces that Incident Command GIS System, powered by SuperGIS Server, won Geospatial World Excellence Award 2014 in Disaster Management and Mitigation field.
Monday, April 15th, 2013
Predictive disaster relief is the goal, says Robert Kirkpatrick, Director of the UN's Global Pulse initiative, and Twitter data may be the key. The program uses social network analysis to study living conditions throughout the world and...
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
MDA’s Information Systems group has signed a contract with Accent Micro Technologies Inc. (AMTI) to provide comprehensive 3-D terrain models for the territory of the Philippines in support of a national disaster management program. Under the contract,...
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Indonesia's open-source disaster measurement tool supported by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) has been recognized by Wired Magazine as a top 10 open source 'rookie of the year' project. The project's commitment...
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Low-flying planes fitted with cameras, sub-contracted by Indian company Rolta, could be seen hovering over skies in the Middle East over the next few months clicking snapshots of the landscape. These shots will be used to create...
Monday, September 17th, 2012
The Survey Department of Sri Lanka and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) signed an agreement for digital data dissemination, the first of its kind between the Government and the UN, which will...
