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IGAC: Opening of GIS Specialization Programme

Opening Ceremony of Opening Specialization GIS Programme, Bogota

On 22 April 2013, the Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), in agreement with the Distrital University (Francisco Jose de Caldas), welcomed new students specializing in Geographic Informatio

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Publishing Date: 
Tue, 30/04/2013 - 08:20
latitude: 
4.58708
longitude: 
-74.1206

IGAC: Using Remote Sensing to map land degradation

Degree Erosion Map of Paipa, Boyacá, Colombia

UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Office in Colombia IGAC (Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute) is currently working on elaborating approaches of using remote sensing and GIS for monitoring soil erosio

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Publishing Date: 
Tue, 23/04/2013 - 17:11
latitude: 
4.6257
longitude: 
-74.0698

IGAC - Launch of new website of the National Bank of Images

In February 2013, the Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute in Colombia, host of a UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office, launched a new web site allowing access to the National Bank of Images of

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Publishing Date: 
Fri, 15/03/2013 - 09:36
latitude: 
4.58708
longitude: 
-74.1206

IGAC: LiDAR processing and its use in modeling of flooding in urban zones

UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Office in Colombia, the Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC) is doing a research project about LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging Laser).

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Tue, 04/12/2012 - 09:43
latitude: 
4.58755
longitude: 
-74.1183

IGAC researches automatic Flood Area Extraction

UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Office in Colombia, the Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), is currently researching automatic flooded area extraction.

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Wed, 21/11/2012 - 12:29

IGAC researches application of satellite imagery for flooded areas

The Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), host of UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Office in Colombia, conducted a case study to identify flooded areas in Colombia during the maximum rainfall pe

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Tue, 04/09/2012 - 07:54

Volcano Disaster Assistance Programme help diminishing the effects of Nevado del Ruiz eruption, Colombia

On June 30th, the volcano Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia erupted causing small volcano-related earthquakes and emitting a column of ash approximately eight kilometers high.

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Mon, 13/08/2012 - 12:41

Regional Support Offices: IGAC conducts desertification analyses

The Colombian Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute - IGAC and their Center of Research and Development of Geographic Information – CIAF, recently did a series of projects based on risk manage

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Publishing Date: 
Thu, 26/07/2012 - 16:02
latitude: 
5.63412
longitude: 
-73.5239

Regional Support Offices: IGAC is new OGC member

On June 5th, 2012, the Geographic Institute “Agustin Codazzi” (IGAC) was officially registered as member of the Open Geospatial Consor

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Thu, 12/07/2012 - 09:23

Landslide in Colombia

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Name: 
Landslide in Colombia
Region: 
Colombia
Occurance Date: 
27/09/2010
latitude: 
7.33486
longitude: 
-76.4319

A landslide buried about 30 people on a highway in northwestern Colombia caused by heavy rains in the midst of a deadly rainy season.

Landslide in Colombia