A new UN-SPIDER user story highlights the critical role of space-based technologies in preventing dam failures and enhancing ...

The Department of Surveys, commonly known as Survey of Kenya (SOK), is the official agency of the government of Kenya on all matters affecting land surveys and mapping. It has been in existence since ...

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, jointly developed by NASA and the French space agency CNES with ...

The Earth and Planetary Image Facility (EPIF) is a multi-disciplinary research laboratory located at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Its research focuses mainly on the use of remote sensing for a ...

GRID-Arendal was established in 1989 to support environmentally sustainable development by working with UN Environment and other partners. They communicate environmental knowledge that strengthens ...

The Russian Agency for Support and Coordination of Russian Participation in International Humanitarian Operations (EMERCOM) became a UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office on 19 June 2013 signing the ...

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and UNOOSA signed a cooperation agreement to establish an UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office in June 2024. SANSA is established to promote the use of ...

A Regional Support Office (RSO) is a regional or national centre of expertise that is set up within an existing entity by a Member State or group of Member States that have put forward an offer to set ...

Space-based Information: From the source: The GEM Foundation's Global Active Faults project (GEM-GAF) is building a comprehensive, global dataset of active fault traces of seismogenic concern. The ...

Space-based Information: The Copernicus Open Access Hub provides complete, free and open access to Sentinel missions data ...

When using space technologies for disaster risk management and emergency response, it is not only important to have access to space-based data and software, but also to workflows for processing and ...