Dear readers,
We're glad to share with you the October 2019 UN-SPIDER Monthly Updates.
Below the updates, you'll also find an events calendar with upcoming conferences, workshops and seminars organized by the community.
Enjoy the read!
UN-SPIDER at a glance
The 2019 rainy season in the Far North region of Cameroon has caused the Logone river to overflow and flood the Zina (Logone-et-Chari department), Maga and Kai-Kai districts (Mayo Dany) in the country's Far North region. The United Nations Office... Read more
News from the community
The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Working Group on Data and the International Science Council’s Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) have... Read more
Release earlier this year at the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019, the Africa Earthquake Model paints a complete picture of earthquake risk to the continent in terms of damage to buildings and direct human and economic... Read more
On 19 September, Bing announced that the United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda are the first African countries to have an open buildings dataset. As a result of a joint venture between Bing Maps, Microsoft Philanthropies and... Read more
Up-coming events
| Title | Organized by | City | Country | Date | Registration deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Sensor Highlight: ECOSTRESS |
NASA ARSET
|
20/11/2019 | 14/11/2019 | ||
| RUS Webinar – Watching a Typhoon from Space with Sentinel-1 |
RUS |
28/11/2019 | 27/11/2019 | ||
| Advanced Webinar: SAR for Disasters and Hydrological Applications |
NASA ARSET |
03/12/2019 to 05/12/2019 | 05/12/2019 | ||
| Copernicus & Artificial Intelligence |
European Commission |
Brussels | Belgium | 28/01/2020 | 28/01/2020 |
| GEO information in disaster situations |
University of Copenhagen |
Copenhagen | Denmark | 20/04/2020 to 07/05/2020 | 01/02/2020 |
| Eighth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment |
The Organizing Committee of the RSCy2020 |
Paphos | Cyprus | 16/03/2020 to 18/03/2020 | 07/02/2020 |
| Twenty-fifth Post Graduate Course in Remote Sensing & Geographic Information System |
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific |
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing Indian Space Research Organization Department of Space, | India | 01/07/2020 to 31/03/2021 | 28/02/2020 |
| Twelfth Post Graduate Course in Satellite Meteorology and Global Climate |
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP) |
Ahmedabad | India | 01/08/2020 to 30/04/2021 | 02/03/2020 |
| Twelfth Post Graduate Diploma Course in Space and Atmospheric Science (SAS-12) |
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and Pacific (CSSTEAP) |
Ahmedabad | India | 01/08/2020 to 30/04/2021 | 02/03/2020 |
| Rapid Landslide Detection with Sentinel-1 |
RUS |
31/03/2020 | 31/03/2020 | ||
| GISTAM 2020 - 6th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management |
Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Controls and Communications |
07/05/2020 to 09/05/2020 | 01/04/2020 | ||
| Cartografía global de áreas quemadas mediante teledetección: fortalezas y limitaciones |
RedLaTIF |
08/04/2020 | 08/04/2020 | ||
| Pollution monitoring over Italy with Sentinel-5P |
RUS |
16/04/2020 | 15/04/2020 | ||
| Introduction to Geospatial Information Technology Applications, Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems in West Africa |
UNITAR |
11/05/2020 to 30/06/2020 | 17/04/2020 | ||
| Introduction to Geospatial Information Technology Applications, Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems in West Africa |
UNITAR |
20/04/2020 to 20/05/2020 | 17/04/2020 | ||
| Air Quality with Sentinel 5P Training |
RUS |
07/05/2020 | 07/05/2020 | ||
| Webinar Avanzado: Mapeo y Monitoreo de los Bosques con Datos SAR | 12/05/2020 to 21/05/2020 | 12/05/2020 | |||
| Advanced Webinar: Forest Mapping and Monitoring with SAR Data |
NASA ARSET |
12/05/2020 to 21/05/2020 | 12/05/2020 | ||
| Webinar on Space4Health |
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
14/05/2020 | 14/05/2020 | ||
| Virtual Seminar on COVID-19: Strategies for a geospatial response in the Americas |
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM): Americas. |
15/05/2020 | 15/05/2020 |
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