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RIYADH: The General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information organized the first National Geospatial Strategy Workshop on Tuesday. Local and international experts attended the event, which was first of a series of similar workshops the authority intends to organize in the coming days. The authority aims to exchange information and expertise through such events and
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Esri Partners with International Community to Scale GIS Technology for Sustainable Development
Friday, May 14, 2021 9:51PM IST (4:21PM GMT)
Global Collaboration through Virtual Centers of Excellence for Geospatial Information Will Provide Greater Access to SDG Data Hubs for Nations in Need
Redlands, Calif., United States:
Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced its contribution to an open, community-driven partnership working to accelerate the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Governments, international organizations, foundations, universities, and civil society groups are joining the initiative to offer resources and expertise, including capacity-building efforts, that will enable virtual Centers of Excellence for Geospatial Information to provide greater access to SDG data for nations in need.
Lessons from Haiti: applying innovative, affordable, and replicable solutions using drones and spatial data
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FRANCESCO VAROTTO, GIOVANNI MICHELE TOGLIA & CLAUDIA SOTO
In 2016, Category 4 Hurricane Matthew made landfall in the south of Haiti, causing destruction unseen in more than a decade during the hurricane season, with winds as high as 230 kilometers per hour and 600 millimeters of rain in less than 24 hours. The toll was very high, with a total of 546 victims, 128 missing, 439 injured, and 2.1 million people affected.
Following the disaster, the Government of Haiti (GoH) was confronted with the challenge of determining the overall economic impact in order to gauge the magnitude of the event, identify priority sectors for reconstruction, understand different geographic impacts, and comprehend relative public versus private damages. Therefore, the Government performed a rapid damage and loss assessment with technical support from the World Bank and the Inter-American Dev