INDIAN SPACE PROGRAMME IN SUPPORT OF DIGITAL WORLD OF TOMORROW

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "INDIAN SPACE PROGRAMME IN SUPPORT OF DIGITAL WORLD OF TOMORROW"

Transcription

1 INDIAN SPACE PROGRAMME IN SUPPORT OF DIGITAL WORLD OF TOMORROW SESSION ON VISION TALKS GEOSPATIAL WORLD FORUM HYDERABAD Jan 23, 2017 PG Diwakar Indian Space Research Organisation

2 OBSERVATION PLATFORM Multi-platform, Multi-Spectral Multi-Spatial, Multi-Temporal Earth Observation & in-situ PROCESSING PLATFORM DISSEMINATION PLATFORM PEOPLE EO, Comm. & Navigation satellites Data Fusion/ Advanced Models Web portals, comm. networks Seamless Access Synergy and convergence of observational networks Interaction between Modeling/Forecasting and Observation Systems Knowledge and Interactive Dissemination Actionable Products Decision Support Citizen-Centric Ultimately, user wants simple interface and Fit for Purpose data without any major policy hurdles

3 SATELLITES FOR DIGITAL WORLD APPLICATIONS Mobile phones Human welfare TV Programs World s financial markets Car navigation Eye witness of disaster Space Technology Commerce Retail payments Security & Safety Governance Weather reports Military operations, secure borders Public safety & transportation systems Combat climate change

4 Number of Satellites in orbit Operational satellite by function Source: Satellite Industry Association, 2016 State of the Satellite Industry Report Indian satellites: 35

5 Indian Space Programme Technological Capability Building state-of-the Art satellites for Communication, Earth Observation & Navigation Launch Vehicle Missions Spacecraft Missions Technology Demonstration missions Foreign satellites Indigenous Launch Capability Devising applications for socio-economic development Cost-effective space programme Lunar/Mars Missions Careful planning & Execution (Optimised engine development programme, Common launch pad for all launch vehicles) Policy for indigenization & industrialization contributing to national economic development Hand-holding & Technology transfer Spin-off

6 Satellites Scatsat-1 Indian EO Capability In-situ Automatic Weather Station RISAT-1 Resourcesat2, 2A 3 tier imaging High resolution imaging Hyper-spectral imaging Stereo imaging Micro Rain Radar Sun Sky Photometer Megha Tropiques All weather imaging Ocean color Met and Ocean Buoy Cartosat-2 series INSAT 3D & 3DR Ocean altimetry Ocean surface wind Agro-met Station Profiles of atmosphere Sea surface temperature Doppler Weather Radar Rain above the oceans 16 in orbit Vertical humidity profile Earth's radiation budget Flux Tower GPS Sonde SARAL

7 13 in orbit Operational Satellites (Procured ) Satellite Communication Broadcasting Telemedicine Tele-education Emergency Communication APPLE STEP Societal Applications Operational Satellites (Indigenous) From 1992 HIGH Throughput Multi Beam satellite - Throughput of 10 GBPS Real-time news Radio networking SITE Television Mobile Telephony

8 NavIC (Navigation Indian Constellation) Satellite Navigation GAGAN (GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation) IRNSS-1F IRNSS-1A IRNSS-1C IRNSS-1D IRNSS-1G 55 E E 32.5 E 83 E E IRNSS-1B IRNSS-1E Vehicle Tracking and Fleet Management Maritime Services & Port Operations Railway operations Civil aviation Disaster Management Support Geo-tagging/ Geo-fencing Location based services Survey Applications Infrastructure Planning Power Grid Synchronization Forest and Mining Precise Timing Mapping and Geodetic data capture Earth and Atmospheric Studies Search & Rescue Aviation Maritime Railways Navigation Roadways Survey

9 Space Technology Inputs Digital Elevation Model Optical & Microwave Multi-Spectral Multi-Spatial, Multi-Temporal Navigation Enabled Positioning Ortho Image In-situ Sensors DCPs Mobile Data Collection Models Techniques Suite of Applications Socio Economic Security Sustainable Development Disaster Risk Reduction Governance

10 SPACE APPLICATIONS VERTICALS SOCIO ECONOMIC SECURITY Food Water Energy Health Shelter Infrastructure Information SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Impact Assessment Resources Conservation Ecosystem Management Climate Change Impacts Geo-sphere Bio-sphere Aligned with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) envisaged by the Government DISASTER RISK REDUCTION Preparedness Early Warning Response Recovery GOVERNANCE Planning Monitoring Evaluation Decision Support

11 Building National Spatial Data Infrastructure Seamless Multi-scale / Multi-temporal GIS ready assets Foundation Datasets Spatial Framework, Administrative Boundaries Watershed & Command Areas, Forest Mgmt. Boundaries Hydrology Surface Water bodies, Drainage, Canal, Rivers, Wells Ground water prospects Water Resources Info. System Terrain & Land cover DEM, Slope and Contours Land use/ Land cover, Wastelands, Land degradation, Soils, Urban land use & Sprawl Cultural & POI Road, Rail, Settlements Hamlets, Amenities 10 Million POI Crowd Sourced Data Environment Bio-diversity, Wetlands, Forest vegetation, Coastal wetlands, Glaciers, Mining locations, Waterlogged & Salt affected Geosciences Geomorphology, Lineaments, Lithology, Structures Satellite Images 56 m (3 times / year) 23 m (3 times / year) 2.5 m (Once a year) 1 m (Once a year) Natural Disasters Flood Hazard zonation Landslide vulnerability Agr. Drought vulnerability Forest Fires Damage assessment Met & Climate Temp., Rainfall, Humidity Extreme weather alerts 50 Geophysical products Terrestrial, Ocean and Atmosphere

12 National Geo-spatial Data Collaboration Platform - BHUVAN Spatial Content DATA 20 TB Open and Scalable platform > 55,000 registered Users 90 K unique visitors /month 95 Million map tiles/month 900 Gigabytes of data flow 5 Lakhs data downloads OGC Services Nation-wide seamless ortho-corrected image base (1 & 2.5 m) Seamless Digital Surface Model Multi-temporal and Multi-sensor satellite images Foundation layers; Thematic maps & 53 geo-physical products 10 million Point of Interest data Services Rendered Services: Thematic, Ocean, Disaster, Climate. Open-to-all Web Map Services and geo-processing Proactive near real time Disaster Support Services 75+ Web applications and 50+ Mobile Apps Citizen-centric Applications Platform Support for Linkages with 30 Ministries & 29 State portals Collaborative mapping, Asset mapping & Crowd Sourcing Planning, M &E of developmental activities Support to flagship programmes of Government of India School Bhuvan

13 EASE OF DOING BUSINESS Inventory & Site Management plans for Heritage Sites Smarac App to collect Geo-coordinates & Zones Demarcation Protected zone; Prohibited zone (100 m) & Regulated zone (300 m) MONITORING & IMPACT ASSESSMENT Geospatial Platform & Application support Mobile App for Geo-tagging Change detection & Impact Assessment Protected Prohibited Regulated Smart Citizen App for Online clearance of building permission Citizen submit request with geo-coordinates captured through Mobile App. Coordinates are processed automatically w.r.t Site Management Zones ,000 Microwatersheds 2015

14 Exploiting Mobile Applications for Asset Mapping Monitoring Assets under MGNREGA Livelihood security in rural areas through 100 days of guaranteed wage employment. Creation of durable assets related to water harvesting, drought relief and flood control > 25 lakhs assets hosted Geo-spatial & Location based services utilized for planning, implementation & monitoring of assets Geo-tagging and moderation of nearly 3 million assets every year

15 Geofencing and Location Based Services Satellite based automated warnings at unmanned level crossings Siren & Lighting when train approaches level crossing. Information to driver about important landmarks, approaching signals. Proof of concept demonstration Enabling Paperless tickets on suburban trains in Mumbai, Kolkata and New Delhi Geo-fencing used to define virtual barrier along the railway tracks Mobile App enables booking of ticket from location ranging from 30 m to 5 km outside the outer tracks. Geo-fencing won t allow Mobile App to issue tickets after boarding the train.

16 Meteorological and Oceanographic Services - MOSDAC ND Vegetation Index Temperature Total Ozone Sea Surface Temp Total Prec.Water Vapor Large number of Registered and Institutional Users Total Data: 160 TB Met & Ocean Research & Training Indian Storehouse for Space based Weather and Ocean Data Multi Mission Met and Ocean Satellite Data Repository CAL-VAL In situ Data, Weather and Ocean State Forecast Met and Ocean Applications, Research and Training WEATHER FORECAST 24, 48 and 72 hrs. at 5 Km. SEA STATE FORECAST (6 hourly) for 5 days CLOUD BURST Half hourly ALERTS INTENSE RAIN Half hourly CYCLONE: Track and Intensity forecast over Indian Ocean

17 Long Term Data for Climate studies National Information System for Climate & Earth Sciences (NICES) Sea Ice Occurrence Probability Terrestrial Products Ocean Products Atmospheric Products Ocean Mean Temperature up to 26 0 C Isotherm Indian Ocean Advancing Glacier (Panamah Glacier, Karakoram Range) Sea Level and SST Trends

18 Disaster Management Support (DMS) System Observational Systems Satellites, Aerial, Ground Multi-tier databases With decision tools Emergency Communication Virtual Private Network Satellite Phones Distress Alert Terminal DTH based Warning National Disaster Management Command Centre (NDMCC) - Proposed 2 National Nodes (NEOC) 31 State nodes (SEOC) 350 Districts nodes (DEOC) 30 Portable nodes 10 Vehicle-mounted nodes Floods Hazard Zonation Flood Inundation Maps Damage Assessment Bank Erosion Studies Cyclone & Extreme Weather Track prediction Damage Assessment Heavy Rainfall alerts Heat wave alerts Forest Fire Drought Active Fire Detection Damage Assessment Monthly Agril. Drought End-of-the-Season Agril. Drought Report Carried out by MNCFC Landslide Damage Assessment Hazard zonation Rainfall induced landslide forecast SUPPORT TO INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES Indian satellites data to International Charter, Sentinel Asia, UN-ESCAP, UN SPIDER Sharing of best practices & experiences in disaster management

19 ACADEMIA INDUSTRY INTERFACE BUILDING CAPACITY Free satellite data downloads E-learning / Vocational trainings Outsourcing Crowd Sourcing & Asset Mapping Software Development IGIS, e-smart Start-ups and Incubation

20 T H A N K S

Georeferencing and Satellite Image Support: Lessons learned, Challenges and Opportunities

Georeferencing and Satellite Image Support: Lessons learned, Challenges and Opportunities Georeferencing and Satellite Image Support: Lessons learned, Challenges and Opportunities Shirish Ravan shirish.ravan@unoosa.org UN-SPIDER United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) UN-SPIDER

More information

Copernicus Overview. Major Emergency Management Conference Athlone 2017

Copernicus Overview. Major Emergency Management Conference Athlone 2017 Copernicus Overview Major Emergency Management Conference Athlone 2017 Copernicus is a European programme implemented by the European Commission. The services address six thematic areas: land, marine,

More information

Roles of NGII in successful disaster management

Roles of NGII in successful disaster management The Second UN-GGIM-AP Plenary Meeting Roles of NGII in successful disaster management Republic of Korea Teheran Iran 28 October 2013 Sanghoon Lee, Ph.D. NGII Outline Type of Disasters Occur in Korea Practical

More information

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 922 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 922 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016 922. SHRI VIVEK GUPTA: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 922 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016 LAUNCHING OF SATELLITES IN THE COUNTRY

More information

European Space Agency

European Space Agency Guidelines - Guidelines how/when to interact during the WebEx session: - Due to the number of attendees, please keep always your webcam and microphone switched-off - You can use anytime the chat to all

More information

GIS and Remote Sensing

GIS and Remote Sensing Spring School Land use and the vulnerability of socio-ecosystems to climate change: remote sensing and modelling techniques GIS and Remote Sensing Katerina Tzavella Project Researcher PhD candidate Technology

More information

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ESTABLISH EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ESTABLISH EARLY WARNING SYSTEM CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ESTABLISH EARLY WARNING SYSTEM By: Dr Mamadou Lamine BAH, National Director Direction Nationale de la Meteorologie (DNM), Guinea President,

More information

The known requirements for Arctic climate services

The known requirements for Arctic climate services The known requirements for Arctic climate services based on findings described in STT White paper 8/2015 Johanna Ekman / EC PHORS STT Regional drivers The Arctic region is home to almost four million people

More information

Copernicus Today and Tomorrow GEO Week Group on Earth Observation Geneva, 16 January 2014 The Copernicus Space Infrastructure

Copernicus Today and Tomorrow GEO Week Group on Earth Observation Geneva, 16 January 2014 The Copernicus Space Infrastructure Copernicus Today and Tomorrow GEO Week Group on Earth Observation Geneva, 16 January 2014 The Copernicus Space Infrastructure Thomas Beer, Policy Coordinator, Copernicus Space Office, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati

More information

Smart use of Geographic Information System (GIS) platform for delivering weather information and nowcasting services

Smart use of Geographic Information System (GIS) platform for delivering weather information and nowcasting services Smart use of Geographic Information System (GIS) platform for delivering weather information and nowcasting services C. K. Pan Hong Kong Observatory Hong Kong, China It is a world of beauty Source: Image

More information

GEOMATICS. Shaping our world. A company of

GEOMATICS. Shaping our world. A company of GEOMATICS Shaping our world A company of OUR EXPERTISE Geomatics Geomatics plays a mayor role in hydropower, land and water resources, urban development, transport & mobility, renewable energy, and infrastructure

More information

United States Multi-Hazard Early Warning System

United States Multi-Hazard Early Warning System United States Multi-Hazard Early Warning System Saving Lives Through Partnership Lynn Maximuk National Weather Service Director, Central Region Kansas City, Missouri America s s Weather Enterprise: Protecting

More information

Understanding Weather and Climate Risk. Matthew Perry Sharing an Uncertain World Conference The Geological Society, 13 July 2017

Understanding Weather and Climate Risk. Matthew Perry Sharing an Uncertain World Conference The Geological Society, 13 July 2017 Understanding Weather and Climate Risk Matthew Perry Sharing an Uncertain World Conference The Geological Society, 13 July 2017 What is risk in a weather and climate context? Hazard: something with the

More information

Sri Lanka Enhancing the Role of ICTs for Disaster Risk Management

Sri Lanka Enhancing the Role of ICTs for Disaster Risk Management Workshop on ICT for Promoting Inclusive and Disaster Resilient Development Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Sri Lanka Enhancing the Role of ICTs for Disaster Risk Management Kanchana Thudugala Programme Head, eservices

More information

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL PORT METEOROLOGICAL OFFICERS WORKSHOP AND SUPPORT TO GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVATIONS USING SHIP LOGISTICS

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL PORT METEOROLOGICAL OFFICERS WORKSHOP AND SUPPORT TO GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVATIONS USING SHIP LOGISTICS FOURTH INTERNATIONAL PORT METEOROLOGICAL OFFICERS WORKSHOP AND SUPPORT TO GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVATIONS USING SHIP LOGISTICS PMO-IV 8-10 DEC 2010, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, USA 1 This presentation is generally for

More information

By Lillian Ntshwarisang Department of Meteorological Services Phone:

By Lillian Ntshwarisang Department of Meteorological Services Phone: By Lillian Ntshwarisang Department of Meteorological Services Phone: +267 3612200 Email: lntshwarisang@gov.bw/ lntshwarisang@gmail.com Introduction Mandate of DMS Function of the Department Services to

More information

The Spatial Information Corridor Contributes to UNISPACE+50. JIANG HUI Director of Internation Cooperation Department

The Spatial Information Corridor Contributes to UNISPACE+50. JIANG HUI Director of Internation Cooperation Department The Spatial Information Corridor Contributes to UNISPACE+50 JIANG HUI Director of Internation Cooperation Department 01 02 03 What is Belt & Road Spatial Information Corridor? China put forward the "Belt

More information

Effective Utilization of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery in Rapid Damage Assessment

Effective Utilization of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery in Rapid Damage Assessment Effective Utilization of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery in Rapid Damage Assessment Case Study Pakistan Floods SUPARCO M. Maisam Raza, Ahmad H. Rabbani SEQUENCE Flood Monitoring using Satellite

More information

Use of Geospatial data for disaster managements

Use of Geospatial data for disaster managements Use of Geospatial data for disaster managements Source: http://alertsystemsgroup.com Instructor : Professor Dr. Yuji Murayama Teaching Assistant : Manjula Ranagalage What is GIS? A powerful set of tools

More information

Supporting GPSC Cities with Satellite Earth Observation for Sustainable Urban Development

Supporting GPSC Cities with Satellite Earth Observation for Sustainable Urban Development Supporting GPSC Cities with Satellite Earth Observation for Sustainable Urban Development Global Platform for Sustainable Cities African Regional Workshop 14 May 2018 AfDB Headquarters Abidjan, Côte d'ivoire

More information

Creating a WeatherSMART nation: SAWS drought related research, services and products

Creating a WeatherSMART nation: SAWS drought related research, services and products Creating a WeatherSMART nation: SAWS drought related research, services and products Drought Dialogue 23-24 June 2016 Western Cape Government Hannes Rautenbach South African Weather Service SAWS mandate

More information

EuroGEOSS Protected Areas Pilot

EuroGEOSS Protected Areas Pilot EuroGEOSS Protected Areas Pilot Max Craglia European Commission Joint Research Centre Part 1: the present MyNatura2000 Mobile app. Awareness raising & volunteered data collection. Natura2000 covers 18%

More information

Geo-information and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region

Geo-information and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region Geo-information and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region Basanta Shrestha, Division Head MENRIS, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Kathmandu, Nepal The International

More information

Applied Geoscience and Technology Division SOPAC. Joy Papao, Risk Information Systems Officer

Applied Geoscience and Technology Division SOPAC. Joy Papao, Risk Information Systems Officer Joy Papao, Risk Information Systems Officer Secretariat of the Pacific Community SPC 22 Pacific Island States Head office in Noumea, New Caledonia 2 Regional offices (Pohnpei and Honiara) 600 staff 9 Technical

More information

State of Israel Ministry of Housing and Construction Survey of Israel. The Hydrological project case

State of Israel Ministry of Housing and Construction Survey of Israel. The Hydrological project case State of Israel Ministry of Housing and Construction Survey of Israel The Hydrological project case Survey of Israel Content Introduction To the Survey of Israel The operation assumptions The main responsibilities

More information

Monitoring the coastal ocean: from local to regional

Monitoring the coastal ocean: from local to regional Monitoring the coastal ocean: from local to regional Luísa Bastos University of Porto / CIIMAR RAIA partners Ocean monitoring To answer key societal and scientific challenges navigation safety, fisheries,

More information

Disaster Prevention and Management in Asia: The Context of Human Security and Its Relevance to Infrastructure Planning and Management

Disaster Prevention and Management in Asia: The Context of Human Security and Its Relevance to Infrastructure Planning and Management Disaster Prevention and Management in Asia: The Context of Human Security and Its Relevance to Infrastructure Planning and Management Rajib Shaw http://www.iedm.ges.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ Contents Background and

More information

Strategic Planning and Management of MMD

Strategic Planning and Management of MMD Fifth Technical Conference on Management of Meteorological & Hydrological Services In Regional V (South-West Pacific) Strategic Capacity Development of NMHS s in RAV Malaysia Meteorological Department

More information

Copernicus Overview and Emergency Management Service

Copernicus Overview and Emergency Management Service Copernicus Overview and Emergency Management Service Frédéric BASTIDE European Commission Open informal session of the United Nations Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities 12 March 2013, Geneva

More information

World Meteorological Organization

World Meteorological Organization World Meteorological Organization Opportunities and Challenges for Development of Weather-based Insurance and Derivatives Markets in Developing Countries By Maryam Golnaraghi, Ph.D. Head of WMO Disaster

More information

C o p e r n i c u s a n d W I G O S

C o p e r n i c u s a n d W I G O S C o p e r n i c u s a n d W I G O S Jean-Noël Thépaut & Mark Dowell 24 October 2017 GEO XIV, Washington DC, 23-28 October 2017 T h e C o p e r n i c u s P r o g r a m m e Copernicus is the European Union

More information

Regional EGM on Community of Practice of Georeferenced Information System. for Disaster Risk Management (Geo-DRM) April 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

Regional EGM on Community of Practice of Georeferenced Information System. for Disaster Risk Management (Geo-DRM) April 2014, Bangkok, Thailand Regional EGM on Community of Practice of Georeferenced Information System for Disaster Risk Management (Geo-DRM) 23-25 April 2014, Bangkok, Thailand Presented By Mukesh Kumar Keshari Ministry of Home Affairs

More information

GMES Service for Geospatial Reference Data Access (RDA) Covering Areas Outside Europe

GMES Service for Geospatial Reference Data Access (RDA) Covering Areas Outside Europe INSPIRE Conference 2011 Edinburgh 27 June - 1 July GMES Service for Geospatial Reference Data Access (RDA) Covering Areas Outside Europe Andrea Ajmar, Simone Balbo, Piero Boccardo, Simone Dalmasso, Anna

More information

Building Institutional Capacity for Multi-Hazard Early Warning in Asia and the Pacific Subtitle

Building Institutional Capacity for Multi-Hazard Early Warning in Asia and the Pacific Subtitle Building Institutional Capacity for Multi-Hazard Early Warning in Asia and the Pacific Subtitle Title Keran Wang Chief, Space Applications Section ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division 22 May 2018 Pillar

More information

SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH DDSS BBUUN NDDLLEE G E O S P AT I A L G O V E R N A N C E P A C K A G E SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH www.digitalglobe.com BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA WORLDVIEW-3 30 CM International Civil Government Programs US

More information

Advanced Image Analysis in Disaster Response

Advanced Image Analysis in Disaster Response Advanced Image Analysis in Disaster Response Creating Geographic Knowledge Thomas Harris ITT The information contained in this document pertains to software products and services that are subject to the

More information

Disaster Management in Republic of Korea

Disaster Management in Republic of Korea The Third UN-GGIM-AP Plenary Meeting Disaster Management in Republic of Korea ~Coordination among NGIA & Other Related Organizations and Recommendations~ Bali Indonesia 10 November 2014 Sanghoon Lee, Ph.D.

More information

The UN-GGIM: Europe core data initiative to encourage Geographic information supporting Sustainable Development Goals Dominique Laurent, France

The UN-GGIM: Europe core data initiative to encourage Geographic information supporting Sustainable Development Goals Dominique Laurent, France INSPIRE conference Strasbourg 6 September 2017 The UN-GGIM: Europe core data initiative to encourage Geographic information supporting Sustainable Development Goals Dominique Laurent, France Introduction

More information

Norwegian spatial data infrastructure supporting disaster risk management Norwegian Mapping Authority

Norwegian spatial data infrastructure supporting disaster risk management Norwegian Mapping Authority Norwegian spatial data infrastructure supporting disaster risk management Norwegian Mapping Authority Arvid Lillethun, Norwegian Mapping Authority Land and Poverty 2018 Conference, World Bank 19.-23. March

More information

Regional Flash Flood Guidance and Early Warning System

Regional Flash Flood Guidance and Early Warning System WMO Training for Trainers Workshop on Integrated approach to flash flood and flood risk management 24-28 October 2010 Kathmandu, Nepal Regional Flash Flood Guidance and Early Warning System Dr. W. E. Grabs

More information

Progress Report. Flood Hazard Mapping in Thailand

Progress Report. Flood Hazard Mapping in Thailand Progress Report Flood Hazard Mapping in Thailand Prepared By: Mr. PAITOON NAKTAE Chief of Safety Standard sub-beuro Disaster Prevention beuro Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation THAILAND E-mail:

More information

ROLE OF INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT IN MANAGEMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS IN INDIA M MOHAPATRA

ROLE OF INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT IN MANAGEMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS IN INDIA M MOHAPATRA ROLE OF INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT IN MANAGEMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS IN INDIA M MOHAPATRA INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT NEW DELHI-110003 mohapatraimd@gmail.com Introduction Presentation layout

More information

NOAA Surface Weather Program

NOAA Surface Weather Program NOAA Surface Weather Program Maintenance Decision Support System Stakeholder Meeting #9 Jim O Sullivan NOAA Surface Weather Program Manager NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services September

More information

2 nd Semester. Core Courses. C 2.1 City and Metropolitan Planning. Module 1: Urban Structure and Growth Implications

2 nd Semester. Core Courses. C 2.1 City and Metropolitan Planning. Module 1: Urban Structure and Growth Implications 2 nd Semester Core Courses C 2.1 City and Metropolitan Planning Module 1: Urban Structure and Growth Implications Growth of cities; cities as engine of growth; urban sprawl; land value, economic attributes

More information

Use of Climate information in Disaster Risk Management in Zimbabwe

Use of Climate information in Disaster Risk Management in Zimbabwe Use of Climate information in Disaster Risk Management in Zimbabwe WMO Regional Technical Meeting & User/CONOPS Workshop, 28 th October 2015 Lameck Betera Department of Civil Protection Institutional Arrangements

More information

Indian Earth Observation Programme

Indian Earth Observation Programme Indian Earth Observation Programme Dr. Jai Singh Parihar Dy. Director Remote Sensing Applications Area (RESA) Space Applications Centre (ISRO) Ahmedabad 380 015 India jsparihar@sac.isro.gov.in Presentation

More information

Status of Indian Satellite Meteorological Programme

Status of Indian Satellite Meteorological Programme Status of Indian Satellite Meteorological Programme Pradeep K Thapliyal Space Applications Centre (SAC) Indian Space research Organisation (ISRO) Ahmedabad (INDIA) Email: pkthapliyal@sac.isro.gov.in International

More information

A Broad View of Geospatial Technology & Systems

A Broad View of Geospatial Technology & Systems A Broad View of Geospatial Technology & Systems Pete Large Vice President, Trimble On the shoulders of giants 1 Since their time, our ability to generate geospatial information has grown exponentially

More information

Caribbean Early Warning System Workshop

Caribbean Early Warning System Workshop Caribbean Early Warning System Workshop Hamonization in Existing EWS April 14-16, 2016 Presenter: Shawn Boyce Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology Husbands, St. James Barbados Background Between

More information

EO Information Services. Assessing Vulnerability in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro (Floods & Landslides) Project

EO Information Services. Assessing Vulnerability in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro (Floods & Landslides) Project EO Information Services in support of Assessing Vulnerability in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro (Floods & Landslides) Project Ricardo Armas, Critical Software SA Haris Kontoes, ISARS NOA World

More information

National GIS Platform for Digital India. Dr.(Mrs.) Vandana Sharma Deputy Director General National Informatics Centre

National GIS Platform for Digital India. Dr.(Mrs.) Vandana Sharma Deputy Director General National Informatics Centre National GIS Platform for Digital India Dr.(Mrs.) Vandana Sharma Deputy Director General National Informatics Centre sharma.vandana@nic.in NIC DEITY - National e-governance Infrastructure Meghraj Cloud

More information

Geographic Information Infrastructure and Policy Framework for Sustainable Mountain Development in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas

Geographic Information Infrastructure and Policy Framework for Sustainable Mountain Development in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas Geo SMART ASIA 2017 22-24 August, Kualalampur Geographic Information Infrastructure and Policy Framework for Sustainable Mountain Development in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas Basanta Shrestha, Director Strategic

More information

Status & Challengers of Cook Islands GEO DRM. Cook Islands GEO S/GIS History

Status & Challengers of Cook Islands GEO DRM. Cook Islands GEO S/GIS History Status & Challengers of Cook Islands GEO DRM By Patrick A. ARIOKA Planning & Advisory Officer EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COOK ISLANDS Cook Islands GEO S/GIS History 1990 NZODA/MFAT trained by Landcare Research

More information

Uses of free satellite imagery for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

Uses of free satellite imagery for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Centre of Applied Geoscience, Disaster Risk Reduction Research Group, School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Portsmouth, UK Uses of free satellite imagery for Disaster Risk Reduction

More information

Geospatial natural disaster management

Geospatial natural disaster management Geospatial natural disaster management disasters happen. are you ready? Natural disasters can strike almost anywhere at any time, with no regard to a municipality s financial resources. These extraordinarily

More information

Bhutan Country Report for JPTM 2010 (July, 2010) Department of Disaster Management Ministry of Home & Cultural Affairs Royal Government of Bhutan

Bhutan Country Report for JPTM 2010 (July, 2010) Department of Disaster Management Ministry of Home & Cultural Affairs Royal Government of Bhutan Bhutan Country Report for JPTM 2010 (July, 2010) Department of Disaster Management Ministry of Home & Cultural Affairs Royal Government of Bhutan 1 Contents of Presentation 1. Disaster Hazards and Underlying

More information

Current Research Trends from an Australian Perspective. Dr Philip Collier Research Director

Current Research Trends from an Australian Perspective. Dr Philip Collier Research Director Current Research Trends from an Australian Perspective Dr Philip Collier Research Director Growth in the spatial sector. 11% pa in the Global Navigation Satellite System market 2010-2020 300% growth in

More information

Arctic Observing Systems Challenges, New opportunities and Integration

Arctic Observing Systems Challenges, New opportunities and Integration Arctic Observing Systems Challenges, New opportunities and Integration Japan Norway Arctic Science Week 03 June 2016 By Stein Sandven, NERSC Building an integrated Arctic Observing System Need to collect,

More information

National Remote Sensing Center of China. Space Technology for Sustainable Development in China Status, Achievements and Futures.

National Remote Sensing Center of China. Space Technology for Sustainable Development in China Status, Achievements and Futures. National Remote Sensing Center of China Space Technology for Sustainable Development in China Status, Achievements and Futures Jing Li National Remote Sensing Center of China Ministry of Science and Technology,

More information

Disaster Management & Recovery Framework: The Surveyors Response

Disaster Management & Recovery Framework: The Surveyors Response Disaster Management & Recovery Framework: The Surveyors Response Greg Scott Inter-Regional Advisor Global Geospatial Information Management United Nations Statistics Division Department of Economic and

More information

GIS as a tool in flood management

GIS as a tool in flood management GIS for the United Nations and the International Community Conference Panel: GIS and Capacity - How Territorial Planning Benefits from Geospatial Information 3-5 April 2012 Geneva, Switzerland GIS as a

More information

Spatial Data Science. Soumya K Ghosh

Spatial Data Science. Soumya K Ghosh Workshop on Data Science and Machine Learning (DSML 17) ISI Kolkata, March 28-31, 2017 Spatial Data Science Soumya K Ghosh Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology,

More information

Bistandsprosjekter i Sørøst-Asia

Bistandsprosjekter i Sørøst-Asia Bistandsprosjekter i Sørøst-Asia -Sikre liv og verdier Lars R. Hole, Hanneke Luijting, Tor Ivar Mathisen og Kristine Gjesdal September 2017 Norwegian Meteorological Institute Background Ministry of Foreign

More information

Weather Climate Science to Service Partnership South Africa

Weather Climate Science to Service Partnership South Africa PROJECTS UNDERWAY Title of the Weather Climate Science to Service Partnership South Africa Together, building on an existing strong partnership, South African Weather Service and the Met Office will build

More information

Building a National Data Repository

Building a National Data Repository Building a National Data Repository Mladen Stojic, Vice President - Geospatial 1/30/2013 2012 Intergraph Corporation 1 Information has meaning and gives power only when shared and distributed. Information,

More information

Space Application in Support of Land Management for SDG Implementation

Space Application in Support of Land Management for SDG Implementation Space Application in Support of Land Management for SDG Implementation Regional Expert Workshop on Land Accounting for SDG Monitoring and Reporting 26 September 2017 Space Application Section Information

More information

Japanese Programs on Space and Water Applications

Japanese Programs on Space and Water Applications Japanese Programs on Space and Water Applications Tamotsu IGARASHI Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan June 2006 COPUOS 2006 Vienna International Centre Water-related hazards/disasters may occur

More information

WMO Guide on Integrated Urban Weather, Environment and Climate Services for Cities (IUWECS) Hong Kong- an experience from a high-density city

WMO Guide on Integrated Urban Weather, Environment and Climate Services for Cities (IUWECS) Hong Kong- an experience from a high-density city WMO Guide on Integrated Urban Weather, Environment and Climate Services for Cities (IUWECS) Hong Kong- an experience from a high-density city Dr. Chao REN Associate Professor School of Architecture The

More information

GI Technology for Disaster Management

GI Technology for Disaster Management GI Technology for Disaster Management 17 th ICC on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development (RESAP) 26 th Nov 2013 Bangkok Thailand Period and time of seasonal in thailand

More information

RESAP Progress Report

RESAP Progress Report RESAP Progress Report December 2016 to October 2017 Presentation to the Twenty-first session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable

More information

Karnataka GIS. Preview of K-GIS Components, Status, Policies, Opportunities, Challenges and Vision M.JAYACHANDRAN. KGIS - Mission Management

Karnataka GIS. Preview of K-GIS Components, Status, Policies, Opportunities, Challenges and Vision M.JAYACHANDRAN. KGIS - Mission Management Karnataka GIS Preview of K-GIS Components, Status, Policies, Opportunities, Challenges and Vision BY M.JAYACHANDRAN KGIS - Mission Management Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Center, GoK 18-Jan-2018

More information

Weather Information for Surface Transportation (WIST): Update on Weather Impacts and WIST Progress

Weather Information for Surface Transportation (WIST): Update on Weather Impacts and WIST Progress Weather Information for Surface Transportation (WIST): Update on Weather Impacts and WIST Progress Samuel P. Williamson Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research

More information

SDI Development in Georgia. Mari Khardziani Head of International Relations Unit National Agency of Public Registry

SDI Development in Georgia. Mari Khardziani Head of International Relations Unit National Agency of Public Registry SDI Development in Georgia Mari Khardziani Head of International Relations Unit National Agency of Public Registry Kehl, Germany September 5, 2017 2 National Agency of Public Registry Legal Entity of Public

More information

WMO/WWRP FDP: INCA CE

WMO/WWRP FDP: INCA CE WMO/WWRP FDP: INCA CE Yong Wang ZAMG, Austria This project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF INCA CE: implementation over Central Europe A Nowcasting Initiative

More information

Observation (EO) & Geomatics in Canada

Observation (EO) & Geomatics in Canada Innovating to Increase the Impact of Earth Observation (EO) & Geomatics in Canada Natural Resources Canada February 25, 2014 Prashant Shukle, Director General Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation

More information

MEGACITIES AND DISASTER RISK - THE CASE OF MUMBAI

MEGACITIES AND DISASTER RISK - THE CASE OF MUMBAI Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, India MEGACITIES AND DISASTER RISK - THE CASE OF MUMBAI Presentation by S S KSHATRIYA Municipal Commissioner MUMBAI Largest city in India 6 th Largest metropolis

More information

Mauritius Meteorological Services

Mauritius Meteorological Services Mauritius Meteorological Services Capabilities for the provision of climate services at national level Prem Goolaup Deputy Director St Paul Road, Vacoas. Mauritius Tel. +(230)57 86 08 38 Email: prem.goolaup@gmail.com

More information

Emergency Management Service (EMS) mapping

Emergency Management Service (EMS) mapping GMES Emergency Management Service (EMS) mapping Frédéric BASTIDE GMES unit, European Commission UN-SPIDER Expert Meeting: "Crowdsource Mapping for Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Response" 3-5 December,

More information

Cartographic and Geospatial Futures

Cartographic and Geospatial Futures Cartographic and Geospatial Futures 1. Web Cartography, WebGIS, & Virtual Globes--New Roles for Maps, GIS, and GIS professionals 2. Map Mashups, the Neo Neo-geography Movement, & Crowd-sourcing Geospatial

More information

SCENT: A Smart Toolbox for Engaging Citizens into a People Centric Observation Web. INSPIRE 2016 Conference Barcelona, 28 September 2016

SCENT: A Smart Toolbox for Engaging Citizens into a People Centric Observation Web. INSPIRE 2016 Conference Barcelona, 28 September 2016 SCENT: A Smart Toolbox for Engaging Citizens into a People Centric Observation Web INSPIRE 2016 Conference Barcelona, 28 September 2016 Summary SCENT Facts & figures Motivation SCENT @ a glance SCENT objectives

More information

Urban Integrated Services and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems

Urban Integrated Services and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems WMO for UN New Urban Agenda Urban Integrated Services and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems Gregory R. Carmichael WMO WMO Priority: Urbanization - Research and services for megacities and large urban

More information

July 5-6, 2010 Mytilene, Greece

July 5-6, 2010 Mytilene, Greece Web GIS platform for forest fire management Prof. Kostas Kalabokidis Principal Investigator Univ. of the Aegean, Dept. of Geography, Greece Prof. George Kallos Univ. of Athens, Dept. of Physics, Greece

More information

NWSEO CALLS FOR NATIONAL CLIMATE SERVICE TO BE MADE PART OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

NWSEO CALLS FOR NATIONAL CLIMATE SERVICE TO BE MADE PART OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APRIL 2009 NWSEO CALLS FOR NATIONAL CLIMATE SERVICE TO BE MADE PART OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE At its recent winter meeting, the NWSEO National Council decided to urge the Administration and Congress

More information

Integrating Nowcastingwith crisis management and risk prevention in a transnational framework (INCA-CE)

Integrating Nowcastingwith crisis management and risk prevention in a transnational framework (INCA-CE) Integrating Nowcastingwith crisis management and risk prevention in a transnational framework (INCA-CE) Yong Wang ZAMG, Austria This project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed

More information

National Public Weather and Warning Services in the Swaziland Meteorological Service Dennis S.Mkhonta /

National Public Weather and Warning Services in the Swaziland Meteorological Service Dennis S.Mkhonta / National Public Weather and Warning Services in the Swaziland Meteorological Service Dennis S.Mkhonta dennis.mkhonta@gmail.com / dennis@swazimet.gov.sz Introduction Swaziland s geographical position exposes

More information

CGMS Baseline. Sustained contributions to the Global Observing System. Endorsed by CGMS-46 in Bengaluru, June 2018

CGMS Baseline. Sustained contributions to the Global Observing System. Endorsed by CGMS-46 in Bengaluru, June 2018 CGMS Baseline Sustained contributions to the Global Observing System Best Practices for Achieving User Readiness for New Meteorological Satellites Endorsed by CGMS-46 in Bengaluru, June 2018 CGMS/DOC/18/1028862,

More information

Mapping Water Resources and Reservoirs for Climate Resilience in Zambezi River Basin

Mapping Water Resources and Reservoirs for Climate Resilience in Zambezi River Basin Mapping Water Resources and Reservoirs for Climate Resilience in Zambezi River Basin Corné van der Sande, NEO BV Senior Advisor Earth Observation Services for Monitoring Drought and Water Resources in

More information

WMO Space Programme: anticipated evolution and a Picture of Development of a Vision of WIGOS Space-based Component in 2040

WMO Space Programme: anticipated evolution and a Picture of Development of a Vision of WIGOS Space-based Component in 2040 WMO Space Programme: anticipated evolution and a Picture of 2040 --Development of a Vision of WIGOS Space-based Component in 2040 Wenjian Zhang Director, Observing and Information Systems Department &

More information

INCA CE: Integrating Nowcasting with crisis management and risk prevention in a transnational framework

INCA CE: Integrating Nowcasting with crisis management and risk prevention in a transnational framework INCA CE: Integrating Nowcasting with crisis management and risk prevention in a transnational framework Yong Wang ZAMG, Austria This project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed

More information

GIS in Weather and Society

GIS in Weather and Society GIS in Weather and Society Olga Wilhelmi Institute for the Study of Society and Environment National Center for Atmospheric Research WAS*IS November 8, 2005 Boulder, Colorado Presentation Outline GIS basic

More information

Excel Geomatics: Offering Excellence with Unique Consultancy & Services

Excel Geomatics: Offering Excellence with Unique Consultancy & Services Excel Geomatics: Offering Excellence with Unique Consultancy & Services Providing consultancy and value Added Services using Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry and LiDAR in areas such as Agriculture, Forestry,

More information

Weather forecasts and warnings: Support for Impact based decision making

Weather forecasts and warnings: Support for Impact based decision making Weather forecasts and warnings: Support for Impact based decision making Gerry Murphy, Met Éireann www.met.ie An Era of Change Climate and weather is changing Societal vulnerability is increasing The nature

More information

ADVANTAGES OF GIS-INTEGRATED MARITIME DATA IN THE BLACK SEA REGION FOR MULTIPURPOSE USE

ADVANTAGES OF GIS-INTEGRATED MARITIME DATA IN THE BLACK SEA REGION FOR MULTIPURPOSE USE INTERAGENCY INTERACTION IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER RESPONSE 2017 ADVANTAGES OF GIS-INTEGRATED MARITIME DATA IN THE BLACK SEA REGION FOR MULTIPURPOSE USE Lyubka Pashova 1, Anna Kortcheva 2, Vasko

More information

The Global Fundamental Geospatial Data Themes Journey. April Clare Hadley WG Chair

The Global Fundamental Geospatial Data Themes Journey. April Clare Hadley WG Chair The Global Fundamental Geospatial Data Themes Journey April 2018 Clare Hadley WG Chair The Road to here Why Global? Why Geospatial? Why Fundamental? Why Themes? The route we took Where does the road go

More information

COUNTRY PRESENTATION ON MR JAYNAL ABEDIN JOINT SECRETARY ( WORKS & DEVELOPMENT ) MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

COUNTRY PRESENTATION ON MR JAYNAL ABEDIN JOINT SECRETARY ( WORKS & DEVELOPMENT ) MINISTRY OF DEFENCE COUNTRY PRESENTATION ON By MR JAYNAL ABEDIN JOINT SECRETARY ( WORKS & DEVELOPMENT ) MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Bangladesh Geographical Location of Bangladesh Bangladesh Country at a Glance Physical Features 1,230

More information

International Symposium on Natural Disaster Mitigation. Local vulnerability assessment of landslides and debris flows

International Symposium on Natural Disaster Mitigation. Local vulnerability assessment of landslides and debris flows International Symposium on Natural Disaster Mitigation of landslides and debris flows Lessons learnt from Cam Pha town and Van Don district, Quang Ninh province, Vietnam Nguyen Quoc Phi Faculty of Environment

More information

HY-2A Satellite User s Guide

HY-2A Satellite User s Guide National Satellite Ocean Application Service 2013-5-16 Document Change Record Revision Date Changed Pages/Paragraphs Edit Description i Contents 1 Introduction to HY-2 Satellite... 1 2 HY-2 satellite data

More information

NOAA s National Weather Service. National Weather Service

NOAA s National Weather Service. National Weather Service NOAA s National Weather Service Serving the Nation s Environmental Forecasting Needs Lynn Maximuk Regional Director National Weather Service Central Region Headquarters Kansas City, Missouri America s

More information

Status and Challenges on Geo-DRM Information Systems in Tonga

Status and Challenges on Geo-DRM Information Systems in Tonga Name: Mafua- i-vai utukakau Maka Status and Challenges on Geo-DRM Information Systems in Tonga 1 Roles and Relationships Land and Geographic Information Systems (LGIS) Unit: Establish updated high-resolution

More information

Building Institutional Capacity for Multi-Hazard Early Warning in Pacific Countries Subtitle

Building Institutional Capacity for Multi-Hazard Early Warning in Pacific Countries Subtitle Building Institutional Capacity for Multi-Hazard Early Warning in Pacific Countries Subtitle Title Keran Wang Chief, Space Applications Section ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division 30 March 2018 Slide

More information