Satellite imagery of the fires on October 14.

Satellite imagery of the fires on October 27.

The secretariat of ISDR uses satellite imagery in disaster risk reduction.

Satellite imagery of the most significant sites continues to be collected and assessed.

High resolution satellite imagery high resolution commercial satellite imagery looks for evidence of relevant activities on the ground and is being evaluated in relation to nuclear sites for its value to the verification process.

UNOPS has brokered agreements for satellite imagery, such as Satellite pour l'observation de la Terre (SPOT) and Ikonos data, to ensure that United Nations entities receive imagery at the lowest cost and with the best available licence agreement.

satellite imagery and ground sensors linked to monitoring centres, which could help to reduce the number of UNMOs

The object of the exercise is to avoid multiple purchases of identical satellite imagery within the United Nations.

Supported by the UNOSAT service, several projects in Latin America receive satellite imagery for risk assessment, mapping and forecast.

Higher resolution (and more recent) images from other satellite imagery providers (including Russian providers and the IKONOS) are commercially available.

Most of the information that comprise digital maps is the culmination of satellite imagery as well as street level information.

We have strengthened the verification system through enhanced use of satellite imagery, environmental sampling and a variety of new technologies.

Most geographical information needs can be met using satellite imagery, but non specialists face difficulties in obtaining the right information.

The UNOSAT service and its implementing partner used a combination of optical and ground penetrating radar satellite imagery and field surveys.

The UNOSAT service has developed and hosts a geographical metadatabase on very high resolution satellite imagery purchased by United Nations entities.

Secured grazing corridors are being established with the help of modern satellite imagery to orient nomads and their herds to appropriate areas.

A wide range of remote monitoring techniques and technologies exist, outside of normal regulatory oversight, e.g. hyperspectral imaging systems and satellite imagery.

The examination of multi spectral visible near infrared high resolution satellite imagery for indications of plant stress in the environment is ongoing.

Real time satellite images support the crop monitoring activities of GIEWS through ARTEMIS, which receives, processes and stores medium and low resolution imagery.

Fortunately, just after the earthquake, GeoEye, a commercial company, released satellite imagery with a license, which allowed the open source community to use it.

UNOSAT support includes methodological guidance, satellite imagery selection and procurement, image processing, editing of maps and geographical information systems (GIS) services, training and research.

RESPOND is an alliance of European and international organizations working with the humanitarian community to improve access to maps, satellite imagery and geographical information.

UNOSAT is the Institute's programme on operational satellite applications and the sole United Nations activity entirely dedicated to elaborating satellite imagery and developing this technology for the use of the United Nations and developing countries worldwide.

Most of these activities have also been documented by ISIS in satellite imagery reports, dated 29 November 2012, 12 December 2012 and 25 January 2013.

Of the 109 sites analysed from satellite imagery and determined to have been cleaned to some degree, 58 had been under monitoring for missile activities.

It has already provided enhanced and analysed satellite imagery, relevant GIS layers, estimations of coastal and infrastructural damage and of the number of people affected.

Nearly 200 maps, using the satellite imagery provided, were produced within the first weeks and made available to emergency relief teams responding to the disaster.

Data provided by Iran, including near infrared satellite imagery and data on black rain, suggest that some of the pollutants were deposited in south western Iran.

Iran also relies on the results of a study on the transport of pollutants from the oil well fires, using satellite imagery and black rain measurements.

The Committee noted that remote sensing imagery and satellite based communications, including telemedicine services, were used in the disaster relief operations following the Indian Ocean region tsunami.

A larger proportion of States were monitoring illicit crop cultivation using various methodologies, such as ground surveys (41 States), aerial photography (24 States) and satellite imagery (11 States).

This method maps the boundaries of contaminated areas, using station data, high resolution satellite imagery, and knowledge of the geomorphology and typical depositional environments of the study area .

UNOPS is in discussions with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and its cartographic section for the supply of SPOT data to the United Nations system contract for satellite imagery.

UNOSAT is a United Nations operational programme aimed at expanding direct access to satellite imagery and value added products through the Internet and other multimedia tools for humanitarian applications.

A larger proportion of States were monitoring illicit crop cultivation using methodologies such as ground surveys (41 States), aerial photography (24 States) and satellite imagery (11 States) (see figure III).

Very high resolution satellite imagery is increasingly used for preparing boundary demarcation image maps, as well as to bring older large scale topographic maps used by the Department up to date.

Satellite imagery programming and supply for illicit crop monitoring by the drug programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in all priority countries, including Afghanistan, Myanmar and Colombia (since 2003).

The work is complementary to IAEA Safeguards' use of satellite imagery and will be continued by examining United Kingdom nuclear weapon sites from which interpretive models can be developed for application to other sites.

Those Governments which have already responded and have received training in the use of the data sets may also wish to ensure that the satellite imagery is used in their national environment outlook reports.

It is being implemented through the cooperation of an international consortium in which each partner runs an independent small satellite mission that services national needs and also makes the imagery available to the global community.

Iran also presented the results of studies, including near infrared satellite imagery and data on black rain, which it conducted to show that pollutants from the oil well fires in Kuwait affected groundwater resources in Iran.

Training in the use of satellite imagery is particularly in demand at the local level where authorities and communities need geographical information to determine land use strategies, orient their development and manage their vulnerability to natural hazards.

The Meeting noted the invitation from the secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction to members of the Inter Agency Meeting to consider the provision of satellite imagery and applications for actions related to risk assessment, monitoring, forecast and reduction.

The UNOSAT service uses the Internet as its main communication tool, but also state of the art technologies such as satellite imagery and GIS to manage the complex set of information required by end users to carry out their work.

Satellite and aerial imagery is used by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for the development of large scale maps to support the movements, operations and planning of peacekeeping troops and to improve staff security and emergency preparedness in the field.