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Syslab at the annual UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices Coordination Meeting

November 18, 2022
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This week, Syslab participated in the 12th Annual UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices (RSO) Coordination Meeting, which gathered members of this network of centers of expertise in the use of space technology in disaster management. The meeting took place in Vienna, Austria, on 14-16 November 2022, and was organized by the UN-SPIDER Platform of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).

World Food Programme - GIS support to the field

November 14, 2022
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Last week, GeoHub invited Dipl. Ing. Ashraf Abushady (Innovation and Artificial Intelligence Consultant – UNIDO, formerly WFP) to talk about the World Food Programme's (WFP) GIS Support to the field. The session focused on highlighting activities that support the WFP’s work in South Sudan.

Google Earth Pro for Beginners

October 21, 2022
San Lazzaro degli Armeni

OSUN's GeoHub is organizing a mapping workshop for absolute beginners and those interested to learn more about various GIS features of Google Earth Pro.

At times, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) might seem unapproachable and "scary", but there is a wide variety of tools out there that can make the scary quickly become familiar. 

AUCA received ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro licenses

October 19, 2022
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With the support of the OSUN GeoHub project, American University of Central Asia (AUCA) received 50 licenses of ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro software free of charge.

GeoHub's Mapathon on Disaster Risk Reduction Day

October 18, 2022
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Last week, GeoHub hosted this academic year's first Missing Maps Mapathon, a crowdsourcing event that helps map the most vulnerable places in the developing world. It was organized to commemorate the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, celebrated each year on October 13.