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Suchith, Patrick,<br>
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thanks a lot for your responses. I totally agree, that we as a
community have to pool our knowledge and expertise together in order
to be better informed and prepared for extreme weather events. I am
currently involved in the EarthServer initiative and emergency
response in particular is one area ad-hoc webservices will be a very
useful and valuable tool in order to adequately respond and monitor
the emergency in a timely manner.<br>
We as a communityhave to guarantee to provide tools that facilitate
data access, analysis and visualisation (e.g. NASA WebWorldWind) and
at the same time, minimise overall data transport. Please spread the
word around for the GloFAS hackathon at ECMWF in January. I will
keep you updated about the outcomes of the Hackathon.<br>
<br>
Julia<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 04/12/2015 um 23:30 schrieb Hogan,
Patrick (ARC-PX):<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Suchith,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">That
certainly increases our sensitivity to the problem by having
been part of that community. Let’s hope we can do better to
prepare for more of this oncoming climate change freight
train. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This
flood visualization program, from India’s International
Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad was part of
this year’s Europa Challenge,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/projects2015"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/projects2015">http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/projects2015</a></a>
(last project on page), this link,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/worldwind/">http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/worldwind/</a>.
So OSGEO/FOSS4G (thank you!) is already supporting these
efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This
Europa Challenge team from India used the Java version of
WorldWind, not the web version.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
Java version would be good for a heavyweight app needing CPU
muscle and high bandwidth, but for emergency response, the
web version would serve better and could still readily
visualize the projected (or actual) flood zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You
cannot have a better platform than WebWorldWind for disaster
resilience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
information using that platform is immediately accessible
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">via
any smart phone or other web browser capable device.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It
would also be excellent for any city to manage their
infrastructure, field activities and data collection,
etcetera.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-Patrick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">(650)
604-5656 (office)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">(650)
269-2788 (cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
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ica-osgeo-labs
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Suchith Anand<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 04, 2015 7:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Julia Wagemann;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Hackathon at ECMWF
to improve the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) |
Reading, 16/17 Jan 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Hi
Julia,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">This </span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">hackathon
for Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) that ECMWF is
organising is very timely. </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">I
am saddened to see the destruction caused by floods in
Chennai, India over the last few days <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35003353"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35003353">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35003353</a></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">It
is a city where i lived many years back when i used to
work for the Indian Institute of Technology Madras <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.iitm.ac.in"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.iitm.ac.in">https://www.iitm.ac.in</a></a> I have
wonderful memories of the friendly and helpful people
there and i am praying that everyone there are safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">It
is very timely that as a global community, we need to
pool together all our combined expertise to help
mitigate extreme flood events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">
ica-osgeo-labs
[<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] on behalf
of Julia Wagemann [<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Wagemann.Julia@gmx.de">Wagemann.Julia@gmx.de</a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 04, 2015 11:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ica-osgeo-labs] Hackathon at
ECMWF to improve the Global Flood Awareness System
(GloFAS) | Reading, 16/17 Jan 2016</span><span
style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Want
to develop tools to save lives? ECMWF is
organising a hackathon on the Global Flood
Awareness System (GloFAS) to make the system
more flexible and easier to use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">GloFAS
provides global forecasts of extreme flood
events and is used by international
institutes like the Red Cross and World Food
Programme as an information tool during
crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The
hackathon will take place at ECMWF (Reading,
UK) on 16/17 January 2016 - get more
information under
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ecmwf.int/en/hackathon-announcement-global-flood-awareness-system"
target="_blank">
http://www.ecmwf.int/en/hackathon-announcement-global-flood-awareness-system</a>.<br>
Don't miss this unique opportunity and get
registered for #FloodHack: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/floodhack-help-improve-the-global-flood-awareness-system-tickets-19819558834"
target="_blank">
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/floodhack-help-improve-the-global-flood-awareness-system-tickets-19819558834">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/floodhack-help-improve-the-global-flood-awareness-system-tickets-19819558834</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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