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Gabon captured by ESA's Envisat radar sensor in 2005
31 Jul 2014
Call for Experts: Gabon Technical Advisory Mission
DAAD Application allows to share resources and request assistance.
31 Jul 2014
New app connects local disaster response resources with open data
154 forest and land fires across Riau province on 20 July.
31 Jul 2014
Southeast Asia: Global Forest Watch Fires released
Resilience Direct is a secure platform for multi-agency partnerships
30 Jul 2014
UK: New online mapping tool for disaster management launched
The Remote Robotic Oxidizer Transfer Test, or RROxiTT
30 Jul 2014
NASA: New robotic technology to fuel and fix orbiting satellites
Structure model developed for Landsat TM , CAIN, Automatic classification of flood areas using normalized water index
30 Jul 2014
IGAC: Studying Flooding and Droughts as baseline in Agroclimatic Risks
Granite outcrops in Yosemite National Park captured by Landsat 8 on April 2014
29 Jul 2014
Landsat 8: Increased acquisition rates with up to 700 scenes per day
The orbit of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite above Japan
29 Jul 2014
Japan: Full scale disaster management system with Quasi-Zenith Satellites
The Philippines are frequently affected by floods
28 Jul 2014
Philippines: LiDAR mapping of major river basins completed
Seismic Hazard Map of the US released in 2014 by USGS
28 Jul 2014
USGS releases new national seismic maps

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