[Ica-osgeo-labs] Hackathon at ECMWF to improve the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) | Reading, 16/17 Jan 2016

[Julia Wagemann]

Suchith, Patrick,

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.
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.

Julia


Am 04/12/2015 um 23:30 schrieb Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX):
>
> Suchith,
>
> 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.
>
> This flood visualization program, from India’s International Institute 
> of Information Technology, Hyderabad was part of this year’s Europa 
> Challenge,
>
> http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/projects2015 (last project on 
> page), this link, http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/worldwind/. So OSGEO/FOSS4G 
> (thank you!) is already supporting these efforts.
>
> This Europa Challenge team from India used the Java version of 
> WorldWind, not the web version.
>
> 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.
>
> You cannot have a better platform than WebWorldWind for disaster 
> resilience.
>
> The information using that platform is immediately accessible
>
> via any smart phone or other web browser capable device.
>
> It would also be excellent for any city to manage their 
> infrastructure, field activities and data collection, etcetera.
>
> -Patrick
>
> (650) 604-5656 (office)
>
> (650) 269-2788 (cell)
>
> *From:*ica-osgeo-labs [mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] 
> *On Behalf Of *Suchith Anand
> *Sent:* Friday, December 04, 2015 7:51 AM
> *To:* Julia Wagemann; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Hackathon at ECMWF to improve the 
> Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) | Reading, 16/17 Jan 2016
>
> Hi Julia,
>
> This hackathon for Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) that ECMWF 
> is organising is very timely.
>
> I am saddened to see the destruction caused by floods in Chennai, 
> India over the last few days 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35003353
>
> It is a city where i lived many years back when i used to work for the 
> Indian Institute of Technology Madras https://www.iitm.ac.in   I have 
> wonderful memories of the friendly and helpful people there  and i am 
> praying that everyone there are safe.
>
> It is very timely that as a global community, we need to pool together 
> all our combined expertise to help mitigate extreme flood events.
>
> Suchith
>
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>
> *From:*ica-osgeo-labs [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on 
> behalf of Julia Wagemann [Wagemann.Julia at gmx.de]
> *Sent:* Friday, December 04, 2015 11:33 AM
> *To:* ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org 
> <mailto:ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* [Ica-osgeo-labs] Hackathon at ECMWF to improve the Global 
> Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) | Reading, 16/17 Jan 2016
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> The hackathon will take place at ECMWF (Reading, UK) on 16/17 January 
> 2016 - get more information under 
> http://www.ecmwf.int/en/hackathon-announcement-global-flood-awareness-system.
> Don't miss this unique opportunity and get registered for #FloodHack: 
> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/floodhack-help-improve-the-global-flood-awareness-system-tickets-19819558834
>
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