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Call for Proposals: GSDI Small Grants Program 2009-2010 Wed Aug 5 2009The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association is pleased to announce its Small Grants Program for the year 2009-10. Summary: * Awards for spatial data infrastructure or EOS-related activities in economically disadvantaged nations, * Application deadline of 1 October 2009, * 4000 words maximum, * Awards of $2500 USD in cash and/or contributed volunteer professional services for the project...
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Seminario Internactional: "La Tecnología satelital de observación de la Tierra en la Evaluación, Monitoreo y Manejo de Desastres Naturales en la Agricultura", 23-24 Septiembre de 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina Wed Aug 5 2009El Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnologia para el desarrollo (CYTED) en colaboración con el INTA convocan a especialistas, profesionales y técnicos usuarios de las tecnologías satelitales de observacion de la tierra a participar en el Seminario Internacional "La Tecnología satelital de observación de la Tierra en la Evaluación, Monitoreo y...
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Planet Action: Call for Projects - Fighting the climate crisis Fri Jul 31 2009Planet Action provides satellite imagery, geographic information and technology support to local projects that investigate and assess climate change issues focusing on human issues, drought & desertification, water resources, forestry, biodiversity, oceans, ice, and awareness. This year, Planet Action will support additional projects while following up on current projects and their results on...
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Cooperation countering wildfires in South Africa by testing ICT System Thu Jul 30 2009The Advancing Information and Communication Technology for Disaster risk management in Africa (AÏDA) project aims at sharing knowledge about affordable ICT solutions in support of DRM in Africa. In the framework of this project, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is disseminating a series of products to mitigate the effects of the fire...
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eurisy Workshop, 19-20 November 2009, Athens, Greece - First Announcement Thu Jul 30 2009"eurisy" is announcing a workshop for Local and regional authorities using satellite services to understand, mitigate and adapt to climate change on 19-20 November 2009, Athens, Greece Satellites have had a unique and substantial contribution to identifying and recognising climate change. Today, they offer unrivalled, innovative tools for climate change mitigation and adaptation on a...
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Successful UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission to Togo Thu Jul 30 2009From 13 to 17 July 2009, UN-SPIDER conducted a technical advisory mission to Togo upon the official request of the Togolese Government to assess the existing use of space-based technology and information for disaster management and emergency response in the country. Following Burkina Faso, Ghana and Namibia this was the fourth UN-SPIDER advisory mission to Africa. The mission was successful in...
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Monsoon Brings Below-Average Rain to Much of India, Bangladesh Wed Jul 29 2009Image shows anomalies in rainfall between July 14 and July 20, 2009. Most of India and Bangladesh are brown, showing that less rain fell than average during the week. One of India’s primary crop areas is in the north, where less rain has fallen. According to BBC News, Bangladesh had received 40 percent less monsoon rain than normal by July 20, triggering fears of food shortages. (Source...
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GI4DM 2010 CONFERENCE, FEBRUARY 2-4, 2010, TORINO, ITALY, Announcement and Call for Papers Thu Jul 30 2009Conference Theme: Remote Sensing And Geo-Information For Environmental Emergencies Geomatics technologies are able to support management and recovery in the aftermath of manmade and natural disasters. However, disaster management also poses big challenges in all aspects of the geo-information cycle, from data acquisition, processing, management and delivery. For the sixth time, the International...
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UAE anticipates lift-off for first satellite Fri Jul 24 2009The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will launch its first earth-observation satellite this month (July) with the aim of aiding numerous development goals. EIAST plans to use the satellite to boost research in four areas: fog forecasting, sandstorm prediction, monitoring water in the Gulf and improving the clarity of received satellite pictures. It also hopes that DubaiSat-1 will help detect and...
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SSTL announce revised launch date for UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 Fri Jul 24 2009Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd’s latest two missions, UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1, will be launched on Wednesday, 29th July 2009 at 18:46 UTC, 19:46 BST. The satellites have completed pre-launch tests at the Baikonur Cosmodrome and have been integrated with the Dnepr space head module. DMC satellites are able to image large areas of the Earth in a short period of time, providing valuable data to...
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Disaster-monitoring satellites to be tested simultaneously at STFC Fri Jul 24 2009Two spacecraft that will be used to monitor disaster areas across the world in the event of a catastrophe on the scale of the 2004 tsunami are being tested at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC’s) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. NigeriaSat-2 and NX owned by the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) will form part of the Disaster Monitoring...
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Scientists Find Tsunami 'Shadow' Visible From Space Wed Jul 22 2009NOAA scientists have demonstrated that tsunamis in the open ocean can change sea surface texture in a way that can be measured by satellite-borne radars. The finding could one day help save lives through improved detection and forecasting of tsunami intensity and direction at the ocean surface. The new research challenges the traditional belief that tsunamis are too subtle in the open ocean to be...
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Joint International Workshop of ISPRS WGs, Hyderabad, India, 25-27 November 2009 - Announcement and Call for Papers Thu Jul 30 2009Joint International Workshop of ISPRS WG IV/1, WG VIII/1, and WG IV/3, on “Geospatial Data Cyber Infrastructure and Real-time Services with special emphasis on Disaster Management” in Hyderabad, India, 25-27 November 2009 The workshop aims at bringing together international state-of-the-art research and future trends in the field of geospatial spatial data cyber-infrastructure and...
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New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning Wed Jul 22 2009The Arctic ice cap grows each winter as the sun sets for several months and intense cold ensues. In the summer, wind and ocean currents cause some of the ice naturally to flow out of the Arctic, while much of it melts in place. But not all of the Arctic ice melts each summer; the thicker, older ice is more likely to survive. Seasonal sea ice usually reaches about 6 feet in thickness, while multi-...
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Call For Papers: International Disaster Advances Journal Fri Jul 24 2009Call for papers for publication for October 2009 special issue in International Disaster Advances Journal. For more information, visit: http://www.managein.org/manage/disas/main_disas.htm
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SSTL to launch UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 Earth observation missions in July Tue Jul 21 2009Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is preparing two satellites for launch on 25th July. The Earth observation missions, UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1, will be launched onboard a Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Saturday, 25th July 2009 at 18:46 UTC, 19:46 BST. The new satellites will enhance DMC satellite daily imaging capacity for applications such as deforestation mapping, urban...
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GOES-O Satellite Reaches Orbit and Renamed GOES-14 Tue Jul 21 2009On June 27, 2009, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, soared into space during a spectacular launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GOES-O has now been renamed and its solar array has been deployed. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) GOES-O satellite is the second in the GOES N Series that will improve weather forecasting...
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Fires Stretch Across Central Africa Tue Jul 21 2009Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite from July 8, 2009, shows thick smoke from hundreds of fires (locations marked in red) burning in central Africa, from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the western part of the scene to Tanzania in the east. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39253
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Dust Storm over Iraq Tue Jul 21 2009A terrible dust storm raged through Iraq in the first week of July 2009. According to news reports, many Iraqis considered the storm to be the worst in living memory. Hundreds of people reported to the hospital for respiratory distress, and the blowing dust interfered with air and land travel for nearly a week. This natural-color (photo-like) image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging...
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Intense Rain Floods China and Vietnam – Rainfall Anomaly Shown by Satellite Data Wed Jul 8 2009Floods swept across southern China and northern Vietnam in the wake of several days of extreme rain in early July 2009. Although southern China and Vietnam are prone to flooding during the annual summer rainy season, the first week of July 2009 brought unusually heavy rain. The rains caused widespread flooding and landslides that left 75 people dead and 938,000 homeless in China as of July 5,...
