LARAMIE, Wyo., Sept. 4 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
Following the recent flood in Nepal, Ramesh Sivanpillai has taken up a familiar task
-- sorting through satellite imagery and creating maps to help catalog damage and
aid first responders.
As with past natural disasters, Sivanpillai, a University of Wyoming instructional
professor in the School of Computing and Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center
(WyGISC), was contacted by the International Charter Space and Major Disasters to help map
areas damaged by the flood.
The International Charter Space and Major Disasters was formed by the United Nations
in 1999, is made up of members from 17 charter countries and provides free satellite
data fro...