[UN SPIDER] June 2009 Updates

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   <News>

   1. Four UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices officially launched in
   signing ceremony

   2. Launch of the "SPIDER Global Thematic Partnership"

   3. UN-SPIDER International Workshop in Vienna

   4. Special Event at the Second Session of the Global Platform for
   Disaster Risk Reduction: Accessing space-based information to support
   disaster risk reduction

   5. DMCii satellite imaging monitors Indonesian forests

   6. New NOAA Satellite Reaches Orbit

   7. ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model distribution started

   8. New fact sheet describes asteroid threat to earth

   <Conferences and Workshops>

   3rd Central Asia GIS Conference - GISCA'09, "GIScience for
   Environmental and Emergency Management in Central Asia", in Bishkek,
   Kyrgyzstan, 27-28 August 2009

   UN-SPIDER Regional Workshop: "Space Applications for Disaster Risk
   Management and Emergency Response in Latin America", in Quito, Ecuador,
   29 September - 2 October 2009

   Third United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop: "From
   Concepts to Application", in Bonn, Germany, 21 - 23 October 2009

   AfricaGIS 2009: "Geo-spatial Information and Sustainable Development in
   Africa" in Kampala, Uganda, 26-30 October 2009

   [CALL FOR PAPERS] Joint International Workshop of ISPRS WG IV/1, WG
   VIII/1, and WG IV/3, on "Geospatial Data Cyber Infrastructure and
   Real-time Services with special emphasis on Disaster Management" in
   Hyderabad, India, 25-27 November 2009

   Pacific Islands GIS&RS User Conference 2009, in Suva, Fiji, 1-4
   December 2009

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References

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