GIS and mapping

GIS and mapping

Geographic information systems, hazard exposure mapping, vulnerability mapping, risk mapping.

Women and child standing in front of a grocery shop in Madagascar
To help community become more resilient to natural hazards, Medair expanded its existing Early Warning System project to this region in 2020, and have been working with 184 communities.
Medair
Collapsed building due to the Turkey-Syria 2023 earthquakes
After devastating earthquakes, it’s common to see discussion of earthquake prediction. An earthquake prediction requires, in advance, the specific time, location and magnitude of a future quake.
Conversation Media Group, the
UNOSAT experts delivered a series of tailored training in November and December 2022 in 3 countries of the Pacific: Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji. Building upon past activities, these sessions aimed to enhance GIS capacity for Climate Resilience.
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
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These flood hazard atlases of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal were prepared using satellite remote sensing data.
National Disaster Management Authority (India)
After years of promising, Cal Fire has released new, updated maps to help residents determine if they live in a risky wildfire area.
capradio
Following the devastating floods which occurred in Pakistan starting from June 2022, several European specialised Earth Observation providers took part in disaster assessment efforts to assist the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with the support of ESA.
European Space Agency
Man walking barefoot in a flooded street in Wilsele, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium (2021)
Flood risks affect almost 2 billion people worldwide. Climate change and unplanned urbanization will further increase these risks.
World Bank, the
MapAction’s, in partnership with ADRRN, will lead a session to support how people use geospatial data in emergencies as part of Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week in Bangkok on 14 December.
MapAction