Tag: CAP on a Map
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None Forgotten with Sahana Situational-Awareness – Maldives!
A Ministry of Tourism (MOT), Health Protection Agency (HPA), and the Maldives Red Crescent Society (MRCS) concern was: why the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and the National Disaster Management Center (NDMC) did not notify other organizations during crises? Fare enough, MNDF and NDMC primary objective is assessing the situation, dispatching response resources, and mitigating the…
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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 is optional. However, the use of polygons are becoming quite popular, especially with web-based rendering that uses maps to display the alerting area. The Sahana…
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Myanmar trained their SAMBRO Users
Myanmar SAMBRO Users pose with their situational-awareness map in the backdrop. After two days of training (25 & 26 Feb, 2016), they now have a better understanding as to how the system will improve their alerting efficiency and institutional responsiveness to local and national scale hazard events. The Key Myanmar Users received training, from the…
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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 Map kickoff in the Maldives. The project aims to improve the institutional responsiveness to all-hazards. The workshop and meeting, serving as a platform to initiate…