Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
May 13, 2015—To support the rescue efforts in Nepal after the devastating earthquake, geoinformatic scientists from Heidelberg University have set up an emergency route planner on the Internet. Resuce workers can check the local infrastructure conditions and...
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
With 'Cyclone Hudhud' expected to slam the North Coast of Andhra Pradesh near Visakhapatnam tomorrow, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu requested Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the central government to provide satellite pictures of the area. He said that the satellite...
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
The Chinese National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation (NASMG) published pictures today that were taken by drones of earthquake damage in southwest China's Yunnan Province. NASMG deployed the drones to the quake zone just hours...
Thursday, June 26th, 2014
A pilot study led by scientists at India's National Institute of Oceanography used the U.S. National Oceanographic and Aeronautic Administration's Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) shoreline classifications tools to map seven talukas, or coastal administrative divisions in India....
Friday, November 15th, 2013
More than 800 people are lending a hand remotely by collaborating on online maps, through the OpenStreetMap network. The maps use satellite technology and the knowledge of the public to help relief organizations, like the Red Cross,...
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) made landfall early on November 8 in Guiuan municipality, Eastern Samar province, Eastern Visayas region in the Philippines. The storm hit with 150mph winds and gusts up to 170mph. Communications and power lines...
Monday, June 24th, 2013
Accusing the Uttarakhand government of sleeping over a report of National Remote Sensing Agency, noted environmentalist and Magsaysay awardee Chandi Prasad Bhatt today said had the government taken the report seriously "destruction in and around Kedarnath shrine...
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
After the magnitude-8 earthquake hit Wenchuan in Sichuan province in 2008, it took two days for rescuers to get remote sensory images of the affected sites. But on Saturday, when disaster struck Ya'an in the province, images...
