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Success story: Handover of ZKI-DE service to BKG
21 December 2020
The Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI) at the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) has developed "ZKI-DE", a service specifically for federal institutions. It has been successfully operated for eight years. At the end of 2020, this ZKI-DE service will be handed over to the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG). For German authorities, the federal continuation is an important step.
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ZKI participates in development of remote controlled truck mission for WFP
27 October 2020
As part of a new collaborative project, researchers from the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and a consortium of additional DLR institutes and technology partners are investigating how aid supplies can be safely brought to their destinations using remote-controlled trucks.
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Fire detection on Kilimandjaro -- October 2020
21 October 2020
Analyses of satellite data show the spatial extent of the forest and brush fires on Africa’s highest mountain and their development over time. It is also possible to analyse and predict the degree of biomass combustion. Comparisons with the disastrous fires in Australia (late 2019, early 2020) and in California during the past few weeks come to mind.
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Artificial Intelligence supports the mapping of damages in Moria
08 September 2020
During the night of September 8, 2020, several fires broke out in the refugee camp Moria on Lesbos, Greece. Thousands of refugees were forced to leave their shelters. The ZKI maps the camp damages with support from artificial intelligence.
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Explosion in Beirut, Lebanon
07 August 2020
On August 4, 2020, a heavy explosion in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, killed over a hundred people and left many hundred thousand homeless. The explosion took place in the harbor area at 18:08 local time. It was probably caused by a large quantity of ammonium nitrate stored at a warehouse in the port.
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Members of the Bundestag Karsten Klein and Lukas Köhler visit ZKI
30 July 2020
A fact-finding visit led Bundestag members Karsten Klein (FDP) and Dr. Lukas Köhler (FDP) to DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen on 29 July 2020. The FDP politicians were particularly interested in applications in the field of environment and climate. In the Earth Observation Center (EOC), the delegates then discussed the possible applications of earth observation. The focus was on the Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (ZKI).
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ZKI-Support for India and 6 other disaster regions
17 July 2020
Within the framework of the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters', DLR-ZKI has been activated seven times in the past two weeks, six of the activations being due to heavy rainfall with subsequent flooding and landslides in Asia (Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Japan, and Myanmar).
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Monthly Update: Innovative analyses as possible triggers for a satellite-based recording
06 July 2020
Experimental map products based on heterogeneous data streams like Twitter and media analysis tools:
In order to ensure a continuous improvement of satellite-based crisis information, ZKI is involved, i. a. together with the DLR project UKIS, in the research of new applied methods and the development of relevant products for the users in disaster management, humanitarian aid and civil security.
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Cyclon Amphan - DLR supports with satellite images
29 May 2020
On May 20, 2020, tropical cyclone Amphan made landfall on the northeast coast of India and the south coast of Bangladesh. According to the Indian Meteorological Service, it is one of the worst storms in the region in the last 20 years. More than three million people were taken to emergency shelters. This is a particular challenge due to the corona pandemic.
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DLR technologies for humanitarian aid
14 April 2020
Technologies that are developed for space travel have to meet extreme requirements for their task in space: The systems and devices must not only be robust, safe, compact, light and easy to handle, but also function reliably and autonomously.
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Innovative analyses as possible triggers for a satellite-based recording
03 April 2020
Experimental map products based on heterogeneous data streams like Twitter and media analysis tools:
In order to ensure a continuous improvement of satellite-based crisis information, ZKI is involved, i. a. together with the DLR project UKIS, in the research of new applied methods and the development of relevant products for the users in disaster management, humanitarian aid and civil security.
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MdB Schrodi zu Gast im ZKI
23. Januar 2020
Der Bundestagsabgeordnete Michael Schrodi (SPD) besuchte am 22. Januar 2020 das DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen. Sein Interesse an Klimaschutz und Klimawandel führte Herrn Schrodi unter anderem ins Zentrum für Satellitengestützte Kriseninformation (ZKI), einem Nutzerservice im Earth Observation Center (EOC).
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