November 2008

                                                UN-SPIDER November 2008 Updates
In this issue:

UN-SPIDER News

• UN-SPIDER Conducts Technical Advisory Mission to Burkina Faso
• UNOOSA and UNECA to Co-chair UN Geographic Information Working Group in 2009-2010
• Pakistan, Kenya, and Brazil Receive Free Satellite Imagery from Charter with UN-SPIDER Support
• Atelier Régional sur L'Outil Spatial au Service de la Gestion des Catastrophes
• African Association of Remote Sensing for the Environment (AARSE) Conference in Accra, Ghana
• Group on Earth Observations Heralds Free, Global Access to USGS Earth Imagery
• NASA and USAID Bring Earth-Observation Benefits to Africa
• NASA, Google Maps Track Southern California Wildfires
• Gujarat, India Using Space Technology for Development

Conferences and Workshops

• "Second International Conference on Geoinformation Technology for Natural Disaster Management and Rehabilitation" in Bangkok, Thailand, 1-2 December 2008
• "Cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning and Emergency Management: Towards Better Solutions" in Prague, Czech Republic, 19-22 January 2009
• "Digital Disaster Mitigation and Emergency Management" in Beijing, China, 8 December 2008