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Digital Twins and Earth Observation: UN-SPIDER and ZFL hold presentation on Mapping for Disaster Risk Management at LPS 2025 ...
Digital Twins and Earth Observation: UN-SPIDER and ZFL Present Flood Mapping Innovations at LPS 2025 ...
LPS brought together thousands of Earth observation scientists, policymakers, and industry leaders to explore how satellite ...
Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Use a DEM with the highest resolution available. Some countries offer openly accessible high-resolution datasets; however, this is not the case globally. Partners such as ...
File type: tiff, xml Data type: satellite data or aerial image Hazard: Drought, Volcanic Eruption, Earthquake, Mass Movement, Tsunami, Flood, Severe Storm, Pollution Disaster cycle phase: Disaster ...
This version of the Recommended Practice is a revision (2024) of the original storm surge RP using the openly accessible and free Copernicus Digital Elevation Model with a resolution of 30 meters. The ...
Wuhan University (WHU) stands as a global leader in remote sensing science and technology. Since 2017, its remote sensing discipline has consistently ranked No. 1 in the world according to the ...
Recommended Practice: Flood Mapping Practice Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Imagery ...
The Recommended Practice was applied during the October 2024 floods in Sri Lanka, demonstrating its value in real-world disaster response. The integration of multiple data sources improved the ...
While EO capabilities continuously grow, many organizations and institutions struggle to turn these assets into action. Institutional silos, technical limitations, and funding gaps often stand in the ...
Recovery efforts are often divided into early- and long-term recovery. Early recovery covers the first 1 to 12 months after a disaster and focuses on the assessment of impacts and planning of recovery ...
On 15–16 May 2025, the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) of Kyrgyzstan hosted a two-day training workshop titled “Multi-hazard Risk Assessment for Risk-Reduction Planning.” Organised by UNOOSA/UN ...