UN-SPIDER September 2012 Updates
Issue Date: Thu, 04/10/2012
In this issue:
- UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER Newsletter “Crowdsource Mapping”
- UNOOSA: Brochure on United Nations Programme on Space Applications
- UN-SPIDER partners support coordination for earthquake in China
News from our Regional Support Offices
- CATHALAC: Flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic mapped
- CATHALAC: Support after Guatemala Volcano Eruption
- Argentina: CONAE becomes Regional Support Office
- Ukraine: Sich-2 Data for Cameroon Floods
- IGAC: Remote Sensing Techniques to analyse Landslide Susceptibility
- SUPARCO: Report on Rapid Crop Damage Assessment
News from our Community
- International Charter strengthens its contribution to disaster management worldwide
- International Charter activated seven times in September
- SPOT 6 Satellite launched
- UN Report stresses Importance of Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction
- MetOp-B weather satellite launched
- USGS: Over 9 million downloads of free Landsat data
- NASA satellites show “hot towers” of Hurricane Isaac
Upcoming events
- China SatNav Conference calls for papers
- "Risk Assessment in the Context of Global Climate Change" - United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management
- United Nations International Expert Meeting on Crowdsource Mapping for Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Response