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Artist's depiction of NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission
27 Jun 2014
First set of data from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission published
Denmark and Northern Europe as seen from Space
26 Jun 2014
INSPIRE and Geospatial World Forum announce joint 2015 Conference
Aerial view of Indian coasts, acquired on 5 October 2009.
26 Jun 2014
India: Creating a digital map of Kerala's coast
Last year's Sasakawa Award was shared between two winners
25 Jun 2014
UNISDR calls for nominations for the Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction
Satellite data reveals small geological movements
25 Jun 2014
ESA: Using satellites to monitor travel hazards
Reliable communication is especially important in disasters
25 Jun 2014
New service provides satellite-based Wi-Fi connection outside coverage
Chernobyl seen from Space in 2009
24 Jun 2014
Japanese satellites launched for environmental monitoring around nuclear plants
KazEOSat-2 will also support disaster management
23 Jun 2014
KazEOSat-2: Second Kazakh Earth Observation Satellite is in orbit
The pre-conference event highlighted the usefulness of space technologies
23 Jun 2014
UN-SPIDER organizes pre-event to AMCDRR
The Open Geospatial Consortium develops geospatial and location standards for a
20 Jun 2014
OGC collaborates with EU Joint Research Centre on standardisation

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