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Myanmar: Training the use of Geo-informatics for Disaster Risk Management

UN-SPIDER and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), prospective Regional Support Office of UN-SPIDER, are jointly organizing a national training course on Geo-informati

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Tue, 27/11/2012 - 11:53
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19.75
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96.1004

Open Source Hands-on GIS workshop for Disaster Management using QGIS and GRASS

Time and Duration
Venue City: 
Mississauga
Basic Information
Date: 
08/10/2013
Venue: 
Dewey College
Venue Country: 
Canada
Event Organisers: 

Waterloo Institute for Disaster Management (WIDM) and Dewey College in Mississauga

Co-organisers: 

International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), the International Cartographic Association (ICA), International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) and the International Association of Geo-information & Communication Technology (AGeoICT)

Language of event: 
English

The Waterloo Institute for Disaster Management (WIDM) and Dewey College in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada jointly organize one day workshop during the

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43.589
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-79.6441

UN-SPIDER builds hazard mapping skills in Sri Lanka

From 14 to 17 of August 2012, UN-SPIDER conducted the Capacity Building Programme “Space Technology for Improving Hazard Mapping in Sri Lanka”, as a follow-up to the Technical Advisory

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Fri, 24/08/2012 - 15:29
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6.82451
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80.9859

Satellite Industry partners up with militaries in the Pacfic

Global VSAT Forum (GVF), the international non-profit association of the satellite industry, collaborated with Pacific-Area militaries to conduct an international training to improve disaster prepa

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Thu, 23/08/2012 - 09:30

DLR supports establishment of IWG-SEM

After the workshop the German Space Agency (DLR) has organized in September 2011, the Joint Research Centre (JCR) hosted a follow-up meeting in Ispra in April 2012, during which the International

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Fri, 08/06/2012 - 16:18
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45.8151
longitude: 
8.60995

Hands-on workshop: Open Source GIS and WebMapping for UN staff 20 and 21 November 2012

Time and Duration
Venue City: 
Vienna
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Date: 
20/11/2012 - 21/11/2012
Venue: 
Institute of GVienna University of Technology,eoinformation and Cartography
Venue Country: 
Austria
Event Organisers: 

The Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies of the International Cartographic Association (ICA)

Co-organisers: 

Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Geoinformation and Cartography.
The International Symposium on Service-Oriented Mapping (SOMAP 2012)

Language of event: 
English

From 20 to 21 November 2012, the Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) will be hosting a hands-on workshop on “Open Source, O

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48.2082
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16.3738

Workshop on Use of Space Applications in Humanitarian Operations in Warsaw, Poland

In recent years several regions of Poland have experienced extremely large floods that have affected many communities and sectors of development.  The floods in May and June 2010, characteri

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Publishing Date: 
Fri, 01/06/2012 - 09:17
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52.2297
longitude: 
21.0122

UN-SPIDER April 2012 Updates

Issue Date: 
Fri, 04/05/2012

The UN-SPIDER April 2012 Updates contain the following topics:

UN-SPIDER at a glance:

Fifth International Summer School and Conference Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment (AGSE 2012)

Time and Duration
Venue City: 
Johor Bahru
Basic Information
Date: 
16/07/2012 - 20/07/2012
Venue: 
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Venue Country: 
Malaysia
Event Organisers: 

Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru

Language of event: 
English

 An interdisciplinary, international forum for sharing knowledge about the application of Geoinformatics with focus on developing countries.

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1.46343
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103.755

UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop successfully concluded

From 24-26 April, the UN-SPIDER Programme carried out its Fifth United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop on Disaster Management and Space Technology.

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Fri, 27/04/2012 - 11:23
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50.7183
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7.1274