Rapid Mapping Service News Today

Increasing natural hazards and complex emergencies require optimizations in the Swiss civil protection system. Joining the EU’s Copernicus program could ensure satellite imagery access for disaster risk reduction, helping to save lives, argues Jurgena Kamberaj in this issue of the CSS Policy Perspectives series.

The United Nations Satellite Center (UNOSAT) has released satellite images of the Siargao Island in Surigao Del Norte a few days before a few days after Typhoon Odette struck — transforming the island once beloved as a surfing destination to a Christmas time destruction. Preliminary images taken by UNOSAT's Rapid Mapping Service…