Download the April 2013 Updates
In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- 12 April: International Day of Human Space Flight
- Advisory Support: Mission Profile for Vietnam now online
- Three UN-SPIDER training sessions coming up in May
- 4th Meeting of the International Working Group on Satellite-based Emergency Mapping
News from our Regional Support Offices
- IGAC: Using Remote Sensing to map land degradation
- IGAC: Opening of GIS Specialization Programme
- Nigeria: Project Managers Training for the International Charter
News from our Community
- COCONet: Measuring Atmosphere and Earth for Disaster Risk Reduction
- USA: New strategy for civil earth observation
- Satellite Images for Emergencies: DLR chairs International Charter
- India: Launch of indigenous satellite navigation system in June
- International Charter: Satellite imagery for China earthquake
- China: Successful launch of Earth Observation satellite Gaofen-1
- ESA: Mapping land deformation with satellite radar data
Upcoming events
- 15-17 May 2013: Linking Humanitarian Organizations with Mobile Data Collection Tool Providers
- 19-23 May 2013: Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
- 26-27 June 2013: United Nations/Germany Bonn Expert Meeting on Early Warning - Apply now!
- 2-4 September 2013: United Nations/Indonesia International Conference on Integrated Space Technology Applications to Climate Change – Apply now!
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