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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 9, 2021 (ECA) – The United Nations is this week hosting its first expert forum for producers and users of disaster-related statistics (7-10 June) with participants stressing the importance of setting up mechanisms to ensure collaboration and coordination of work on disaster-related statistics across disciplines and organizations. Speaking during the online meeting, co-organized by the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) and the Conference of European Statisticians (CES), among others, the Director of the African Centre for Statistics (ACS) at the Economi...

RIYADH: The General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information organized the first National Geospatial Strategy Workshop on Tuesday. Local and international experts attended the event, which was first of a series of similar workshops the authority intends to organize in the coming days. The authority aims to exchange information and expertise through such events and

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Esri Partners with International Community to Scale GIS Technology for Sustainable Development Friday, May 14, 2021 9:51PM IST (4:21PM GMT) Global Collaboration through Virtual Centers of Excellence for Geospatial Information Will Provide Greater Access to SDG Data Hubs for Nations in Need   Redlands, Calif., United States:   Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced its contribution to an open, community-driven partnership working to accelerate the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development ...

Lessons from Haiti: applying innovative, affordable, and replicable solutions using drones and spatial data Format FRANCESCO VAROTTO, GIOVANNI MICHELE TOGLIA & CLAUDIA SOTO In 2016, Category 4 Hurricane Matthew made landfall in the south of Haiti, causing destruction unseen in more than a decade during the hurricane season, with winds as high as 230 kilometers per hour and 600 millimeters of rain in less than 24 hours. The toll was very high, with a total of 546 victims, 128 missing, 439 injured, and 2.1 million people affected. Following the disaster, the Government of Haiti (GoH) was confro...