The COMRADES Newsletter Issue No.1 - July 2016 has been released
The COMRADES team welcomes you to the 1st Issue of our Newsletter and introduces you to project’s latest developments.
News
Communities in Charge
COMRADES is all about enabling communities to build resilience using advancements in information, data and telecommunication. Communities are at the center of the project: not only as the user of the project results, but also to provide direction, feedback and guidance during the project.
Could mapping tech revolutionise disaster response?
The idea that mapping is crucial to crisis response isn’t new. But mappers face serious problems. Existing maps may be crude and outdated – assuming they exist at all. Then, of course, is the fact that disasters like earthquakes literally rewrite the geography.