Global Geospatial Conference 2012 - Global Spatial Data ...

6/23/12
• Major disasters cause many casualties and
material losses each year.
• Steps in emergency management cycles [1]:
– Mitigation
– Prevention
– Preparedness
– Detection
– Response
– Recovery
– Evaluation
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• International Charter « Space and Major
Disasters »
– Aims at providing a unique gateway to request and
obtain space acquired data when a natural or manmade
disaster strikes
– Prepared maps and analysis can be used for
response, recovery and evaluation
– Requests can only be made by Authorized Users
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