I was going to apply to get my travel covered. Then I would 100% go. -Kate
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Shoaib Burq <[email protected]> wrote: > I am thinking about it ... but will have to confirm. If you decide to > go I might go from the Australian MAPS group > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Schuyler Erle <[email protected]> wrote: >> UN SPIDER's hosting a "Crowdsource Mapping for Preparedness and Emergency >> Response" meeting on 5-6 Jul 2011 in Vienna, about a week before SotM EU. >> >> "In recent years, advancements in technologies have made it possible for >> virtual communities such as OpenStreetMap, Ushahidi, Sahana, CrisisMappers, >> Virtual Disaster Viewer, Google MapMaker and INSTEDD to provide increasing >> support to disaster preparedness and emergency response efforts. Important >> cornerstones of this virtual effort are the possibility to access and take >> advantage of post-disaster satellite imagery as well as the use of other >> space-based technologies such as telecommunications satellites and global >> navigation satellite systems. Taking note of the need to connect these >> pioneering communities with the space industry as well as the disaster >> management community, the UN-SPIDER Programme is carrying out a one-year >> project (“Space-based information for Crowdsource Mapping”) aiming at >> identifying specific actions that could ensure a closer cooperation among >> the three communities. The first activity of this project will be an Expert >> Meeting to be held in Vienna to discuss strategies that will contribute to >> supporting civil protection and emergency management agencies to make use of >> products generated by such groups in areas of preparedness and emergency >> response and provide a better understanding to these groups on the specific >> needs of the disaster management community. " >> >> http://www.un-spider.org/crowdsource-mapping >> >> Is anyone from HOT planning to go? I am toying with the idea. >> >> SDE >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > > > > -- > Co-founder & CEO at SpacialDB > http://spacialdb.com > http://twitter.com/sabman > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
