Geocodes important to Philippines in their Early Warning
The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) requires that the targeted alert area is defined. The CAP areaDesc (i.e. the area Description) is a mandatory element. Whereas the polygon element in CAP […]
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Enticing Nepali Engineering Students with Sahana
Biplov Bhandari (Researcher and Sahana Developer @ AIT) and I (Nuwan) had the opportunity to present our Sahana work in Nepal. This was at the recently held 6th Mahotsav IT Festival […]
CAP Implementation Workshop 2015: Rendering Agents Setting the Course
This year had many Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) message aggregation organizations present their stories in complementing the delivery of early warnings. Everyone is mostly interested in doing public warning. Sahana […]
Training of Trainer Workshop Final Day with ESCAP
The final day of the Training of Master Trainers Workshop was primarily interactions with the CAP on a Map project UNESCAP Program Officer: Mr. Alf Blikberg. The participants had the […]
Sahana Implementation Lab
Sahana Implementation Lab uses the free and open source Sahana software to solve real-world humanitarian aid and disaster management challenges. The center innovates and deploys impact based disaster management tools; […]
Few weeks after the workshop Myanmar faces massive floods
Two weeks after the ‘CAP on a Map‘ project kick-off workshop, the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology got busy responding to the massive floods – “Heavy seasonal rains caused flooding […]
Philippines is ready, set, go with CAP on a Map
The Philippines Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) are three agencies of […]
CAP on a Map project kickoff in the Maldives
A workshop and set of meetings (April 15 & 16, 2015) took place in the capitol city Male in the Maldives. It was an event of the CAP on a […]
Improving Coastal Resilience throug Multi-agency Situational Awareness
Under a well-developed disaster management system, the Disaster Management Organization of a Country should be aware of and should map every significant emergency incident or risk in the country. Disseminating […]