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

[Suchith Anand]

Thanks Julia. Please also send the summary of the outcomes of the Hackathon to the list so we can follow up . I am doing my best to get the message across and get as many colleagues to contribute their expertise for this. I am sure there will be strong participation for this.

I will also be there to support this initiative in Reading in January.

Best wishes,

Suchith


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From: Julia Wagemann [wagemann.julia at gmx.de]
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 10:36 AM
To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); Suchith Anand; 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

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>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
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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> 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> 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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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> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/floodhack-help-improve-the-global-flood-awareness-system-tickets-19819558834







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