2023: A Year of Delivering Critical Geospatial Support in Disaster Response

Disasters strike around the world, and the need for a swift and effective response is ever-present. UNOSAT’s Emergency Mapping Service stands ready to assist.

This video highlights our key achievements in 2023, supporting emergency response efforts in:
– Türkiye & Syria Earthquakes
– Ukraine Floods
– Libya Floods
– Palestine Complex Emergency
– Somalia Floods
– Southeast Asia Floods

See how UNOSAT leverages geospatial technology to make a difference for those in need.

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00:00 Introduction
00:23 Türkiye & Syria Earthquakes
01:04 Ukraine Floods
01:31 Libya Floods
02:07 Palestine Complex Emergency
02:35 Somalia Floods
03:00 Southeast Asia Floods

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Sources:

Türkiye & Syria:
– Video: Ghaith Alsayed/Associated Press © 2024 The New York Times Company
– ESRI Basemap
– Post-image: Pleiades/11 Feb. 2023 – © CNES 2023 distributed by Airbus D&S – Source: Airbus D&S

Ukraine:
– Video: NBC’s Molly Hunter reports for TODAY.
– ESRI Basemap
– Post-image: WorldView-3/18 July 2023
– Before flood (1): Pre-image: ESRI Basemap
– After flood (1): © 2023 Maxar – Post-image: WorldView-3/7 June 2023
– Before flood (2): Pre-image: ESRI Basemap
– After flood (2): © 2023 Maxar – Post-image: WorldView-3/8 June 2023

Libya:
– Video: Global News
– ESRI Basemap
– Pre-image: WorldView-2/ 07 Jan. 2022 – © 2022 Maxar – Source: USGS/HDDS

Palestine Complex Emergency:
– Video: Vox
– Building Damage Assessment: UNOSAT & UNOSAT
– Inset (1): Imagery Date: 26.11.2023 – WorldView-3 – © MAXAR 2023 – Source: Department of State, Humanitarian Information Unit
– Inset (1): Date: 15 October 2023 – WorldView-2 – © MAXAR 2023 – Source: Department of State, Humanitarian Information Unit
– Agricultural Damage Assessment: UNOSAT & UNOSAT
– Inset (1) & (2): Date: 26.10.2023 – WorldView-2 – © MAXAR 2023 – Source: Department of State, Humanitarian Information Unit
– Inset (1) & (2): Date: November/December 2023 – Sentinel-2 – Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2023] – Source: European Space Agency
– Post-image: WorldView-2/ 14 Sep. 2023 – © 2023 Maxar – Source: USGS/HDDS

Southeast Asia:
– Video: Disasters79
– AOI 1 – AOI 4 – AOI 6 : Satellite Images: Jilin-1 – ©Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd.(CGSTL)
– Source: Collaborated network on Disaster Data Response (CDDR), Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIR), Open Disaster Data Chain of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ODDC), National Earth Observation Data Center (NODA)
– UNOSAT

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Video and map production: United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)
Data analysis: United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)

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