[UN SPIDER] April 2009 Updates

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   <News>


   1. UN-SPIDER prepares Technical Advisory Support Mission to Togo

   2. UN-SPIDER active in regional DRR meetings

   3. Italy earthquake analyzed with satellite imagery

   4. Launch of EXPRESSMaps, an online service to deliver satellite
   imagery maps in 6 hours

   5. FAO donates African spatial data to OpenStreetMap

   6. Africa-India medical and educational satellite links to expand

   7. NASA experiment stirs up hope for forecasting deadliest cyclones

   8. Satellites show arctic literally on thin ice

   9. CALL FOR PAPERS: Special issue on disasters and geoinformation
   technology

   <Conferences and Workshops>

   "3rd Regional Training Course GIS for Disaster Risk Management - An
   Introductory Course" organized by the Asian Disaster Preparedness
   Center (ADPC), in Bangkok, Thailand, 11-22 May 2009

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

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

   CALL FOR PAPERS: "3rd International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
   African Regional Conference" in Abuja, Nigeria, 24-26 November 2009


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