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Interview with Einar Bjorgo, Programme Manager, UNOSAT

11/05/2013

Q : You have been managing UNOSAT for almost a year now and were officially appointed Programme Manager in the spring of 2013. What do you consider as the main achievements, and where would you like to see UNOSAT in a couple of years ? I would say that there are three main achievements during the past year. Firstly, doubling our capacity development output. Secondly, putting systems in place for routinely sharing our satellite-image-derived data, such as flood extents and storm…

GEO-FORENSICS? When Satellite Experts Take a Closer Look at Human Rights Cases

03/29/2010

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Billion dollars are invested yearly in very sophisticated satellite observation technology used in the intelligence world. But today this world is losing the monopoly of accurate geospatial information: interdependent, inter-linked systems give new users new perspectives on the information age, more access to data, more outreach, more of just about anything. Some of these advancements have become available to everyone through commercial enterprises and may be useful in improving old ways of doing things in the international community arena….