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By Stella A. Estremera

Project Noah of the Department of Science and Technology was developed for disaster risk reduction and management as it brings to anyone’s fingertips vital information on nine main component projects: Hydromet Sensors Development, Dream-lidar 3D Mapping, Flood NET–Flood Information Network, Strategic Communication, Disaster Management using WebGIS, Enhancing Geohazard Mapping through LIDAR and High-resolution Imagery, Doppler System Development, Landslide Sensors Development, Storm Surge Inundation Mapping, and Weather Information Integration for System Enhancement (Wise).

It was also mandated to provide high-resolution flood hazard maps and install 600 automated rain gauges and 400 water level measuring stations for 18 major river basins of the Philippines.

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Themes Information management GIS and mapping
Country and region Philippines
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