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Today, people aged over 60 constitute 11 per cent of the global population.
UNISDR launched survey on older people coping with disasters
Open standards can facilitate the development, assessment and use of information
OGC announces new Urban Planning Domain Working Group
Developers have until Wednesday 27 August to submit their apps
UNISDR and Esri call for apps for resilience
Satellite Image of Snow Cover in Afghanistan
Building hydrologic monitoring capacities in Afghanistan
UN humanitarian chief Valeria Amos stated that the UN favors information sharing
Iran: UN encourages sharing of disaster information
The city of Izmir, Turkey, as observed by RASAT in 2011
Turkey: New Geoportal launched
Soil Moister Active Passive Satellite
NASA to Launch SMAP Satellite to Combat Drought
MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite observed severe floods in Northern India an Nepal
India: International Charter activated for flood
Heavy rains in Central America in November 2010
Panama: International Charter activated for flood
The RADARSAT-2 Antarctica Mosaics and Tiles are now freely available
Canadian Space Agency publishes Antarctic Mosaic
A map showing locations that experienced wildfires greater than 250 acres, from
Forecasting wildfire behaviour with WIFIRE
ISS-RapidScat scatterometer instrument
ISS-RapidScat Mission set to begin in fall 2014
Galileo's constellation of navigation satellites
Galileo SATs 5-6 scheduled for 21 August 2014
Nigeria seen from space
Africa Geospatial Forum postponed due to Ebola outbreak
Digital Globe's WorldView-3 satellite can collect 650,000 sq km of imagery a day
WorldView-3 Satellite launched by DigitalGlobe
Charter Board & Executive Secretariat members in Beijing, China on 16 April 2014
International Charter: Latest newsletter available
Much of ICIMOD’s research focuses on the science of climate change&adaptation
ICIMOD: Closer collaboration with Nepal Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
Dubai from Space
UAE celebrates five years of DubaiSat-1
One of the first images acquired with Radarsat: Ross Island, Alaska, in 1997.
RADARSAT-2: Contract extended for India
TechDemoSat-1 View of Earth
First TechDemoSat-1 video released
Logo of the UN-GGIM
UN-GGIM endorses Global Geodetic Reference Frame
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