March 03rd, 2010

Damage assessment in Port-au-Prince

ITHACA staff deployed in Port-au-Prince has started the damage assessment using the LCMMS. More [ + ]

February 19th, 2010

ITHACA staff in Port-au-Prince

After the arrival in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), ITHACA staff was transferred to Port-au-Prince (Haiti) on a UNHAS flight. More [ + ]

February 12th, 2010

ITHACA is deploying a team to Haiti to support the World Food Programme

A team from ITHACA will leave on Sunday, February the 14th, to go to Haiti in order to support the WFP. More [ + ]

January 29th, 2010

Exhibition of Haiti maps at Gi4DM

The 6th Gi4DM Conference will take place in Turin from February 2nd to 4th. More [ + ]

January 18th, 2010

Early impact maps for Haiti

ITHACA is producing early impact maps in order to assist the population affected by the earthquake in Haiti. The maps shows the post-earthquake assessment related to collapsed/damaged buildings, damages to infrastructure (interrupted/not accessible roads), landslides, and spontaneous camps. More [ + ]

October 06th, 2009

Early impact maps for the Far East

ITHACA is continuing to produce, in cooperation with e-geos (Italian Space Agency - ASI and Telespazio) and World Food Programme (WFP), early impact maps in order to assist the Far East countries affected by tropical thypoons, earthquake and tsunami. For any further information please visit UNOOSA web portal. More [ + ]

August 06th, 2009

The IGMASS system proposal

The International Academy of Astronautics (of which prof. Piero Boccardo is a member) has produced a document about the International Aerospace System for Monitoring of Global Geophysical Phenomena and Forecasting of Natural and Man-Caused Disasters, to submit to the United Nations. More [ + ]

June 26th, 2009

MoU between ITHACA and Joint Research Center (JRC)

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between ITHACA and the European Community, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizien of the Joint Research Center. More [ + ]