Digital Twins and Earth Observation: UN-SPIDER and ZFL Present Flood Mapping Innovations at LPS 2025 ...

LPS brought together thousands of Earth observation scientists, policymakers, and industry leaders to explore how satellite ...

Digital Twins and Earth Observation: UN-SPIDER and ZFL hold presentation on Mapping for Disaster Risk Management at LPS 2025 ...

File type: tiff, xml Data type: satellite data or aerial image Hazard: Drought, Volcanic Eruption, Earthquake, Mass Movement, Tsunami, Flood, Severe Storm, Pollution Disaster cycle phase: Disaster ...

Worldwide, storm surges pose a threat to coastal communities. Particularly in low-lying African coastal cities, the impact of climate change induced storms and sea level rise is a threat to the ...

Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Use a DEM with the highest resolution available. Some countries offer openly accessible high-resolution datasets; however, this is not the case globally. Partners such as ...

This version of the Recommended Practice is a revision (2024) of the original storm surge RP using the openly accessible and free Copernicus Digital Elevation Model with a resolution of 30 meters. The ...

UN-SPIDER has published a new Recommended Practice that leverages both Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Sentinel-2 optical imagery to improve flood detection and mapping. Developed by the ...

While EO capabilities continuously grow, many organizations and institutions struggle to turn these assets into action. Institutional silos, technical limitations, and funding gaps often stand in the ...

On 15–16 May 2025, the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) of Kyrgyzstan hosted a two-day training workshop titled “Multi-hazard Risk Assessment for Risk-Reduction Planning.” Organised by UNOOSA/UN ...