Information Technology for

Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action

The aim of the project is the development and construction of remotely controlled mini aircrafts (UAV or "drones") for the acquisition of visual data necessary to plan emergency and relief food aid interventions.
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The aim of this project is to provide daily updated information on snow covered areas as a support to WFP Logistics. The information provided enables the Road Accessibility Analysis which is required to ensure route optimization in humanitarian aids delivery.

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March 03rd, 2010

Damage assessment in Port-au-Prince

ITHACA staff deployed in Port-au-Prince (Haiti) has started the damage assessment using the LCMMS (Low Cost Mobile Mapping System) jointly developed by Politecnico di Torino and ITHACA itself. The system is equipped with 4 webcams and a GPS and it is able to acquire georeferenced frames with a field of view of about 160 degrees

The ground survey tracks include western Port-au-Prince, Leogane and part of Carrefour but several roads are blocked or not accessible due to rubble or spontaneous camps. An updated survey coverage situation is shown in this map.

ITHACA staff in Port-au-Prince

Feb 19th - After the arrival in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), ITHACA staff was transferred to Port-au-Prince (Haiti) on a UNHAS flight.
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ITHACA is deploying a team to Haiti to support the World Food Programme

Feb 12th - A team from ITHACA will leave on Sunday, February the 14th, to go to Haiti in order to support the WFP.
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Exhibition of Haiti maps at Gi4DM

Jan 29th - The 6th Gi4DM Conference will take place in Turin from February 2nd to 4th.
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