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Copernicus Risk and Recovery Mapping Service: 2020 overview | DG ECHO Daily Map | 12/02/2021
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The Copernicus Risk and Recovery Mapping (RRM) is part of the Copernicus
Emergency Management Service (CEMS), which is providing maps and analyses
based on satellite imagery (before, during or after a crisis) as well as early warning
services.
Risk and Recovery Mapping consists of the on-demand provision of geospatial
information in support of disaster management activities not related to immediate
response. This applies in particular to activities dealing with prevention,
preparedness, disaster risk reduction and recovery.
Risk and Recovery Mapping is offered under two modes, STANDARD (S) that offers a
Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activations 2020 Overview - DG ECHO Daily Map | 05/02/202
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Copernicus: EU programme aimed at developing European information services based on satellite earth observation and in situ data.
The Copernicus Rapid Mapping Service (EMSR) is part of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS), which is providing maps and analyses based on satellite imagery (before, during or after a crisis) as well as early warning services.
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From the earliest times, humans have dreamed of flying like birds looking down from high above, to the ground below.
Prehistoric civilizations are unlikely to have even imagined powered flight, or cameras that can record the world around us. Even 100 years ago, with flight and photography relatively common, the idea of “taking pictures” of the Earth from space was unheard of. How we view the Earth today with satellites
Today, if you ask the average person about satellites looking at the Earth, the majority will tell you about spy satellites taking pictures of secret bases. While this is still done by dedicated satellites and was indeed the precursor of modern Earth-observation (EO) satellites, now scientists prefer to view the Earth with a much wider spectrum of radio colours, far beyond the senses of any living thing.
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Although the United Kingdom’s (UK) “Brexit” departure from the European Union (EU) on Jan. 1 will not affect its membership status in the European Space Agency (ESA), the nation’s participation in a number of European space programs is either ending or being curtailed.
On Christmas Eve, the UK and EU announced an agreement in principle that will govern trade, security and political relations after Brexit. Under the agreement, the UK’s participation in the:
Galileo satellite navigation and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) program will end;
Copernicus Earth observation satellite program will continue, contingent upon a further agreement to be worked out next year; and