2022

December 14, 2022

Global Mission Operation Center (GMOC) for AHEAD demonstration at ZKI

"It has been raining for days and the usual routes in South Sudan are no longer passable. A new route has to be chosen for the World Food Programme (WFP) food delivery, which can be dangerous for human drivers. The AHEAD team is therefore contracted by WFP to deliver food to a remote village in South Sudan using a remote SHERP without a driver."

December 9, 2022

SPD Member of Parliament Carmen Wegge visits ZKI

On December 8, 2022, Carmen Wegge, SPD Member of the Bundestag, was hosted at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen. She informed herself about the current research, especially with regard to her activities in the Interior and Legal Affairs Committees of the German Bundestag and for her local constituency of Starnberg-Landsberg-Germering.

November 11, 2022

Remote controlled SHERP vehicle successfully tested

For the first time, all components of the AHEAD cooperation project could be presented on the DLR site in Oberpfaffenhofen on November 9, 2022.

Drones collect data for rapid disaster relief

Altenburg, Altenahr, Reimerzhoven, Rech and Dernau are among the places that were particularly badly affected by the floods in the Ahr Valley in the summer of 2021. Under the direction of DLR and the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK), aerial photographs of these places in the district of Ahrweiler (Rhineland-Palatinate) have now been taken once again. Four drones were used. The current data serve as a basis for the development of methods for automatic image evaluation in the event of disasters.

Exercise: ZKI operation during drone exercise with emergency workers in the Ahr Valley

On October 28 and 29, 2022, a drone exercise took place for the second time in the Ahr Valley under the joint management of the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK), Department Rettungsdienst – Sicherheitsforschung and the DLR/ZKI.

October 26, 2022

Cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office: flood information on Chad and ACIS project meeting in Berlin

Strong, continuous rainfall has led to serious flooding in southern and central Chad. At the request of the Federal Foreign Office, DLR-ZKI analysed the flood situation from July to October within a few hours and forwarded the information to other institutions, including several embassies in Chad and UN bodies. The analyses were also presented at a joint ACIS project meeting at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin.

October 13, 2022

„Best Paper Award“ for the Data4Human project at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference

The joint publication of EOC scientists on "User-driven flood response & monitoring information - Key findings of the Data4Human project" was awarded the Best Paper Award (Honorable Mention) at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference in San Jose, USA.

October 10, 2022

Test at the Integrated Control Centre (ILS) in Schweinfurt as part of the AIFER project

On 20/21 September 2022, an project test was conducted at the Integrated Control Centre (ILS) in Schweinfurt under the joint leadership of the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK), Department of Rescue Services - Safety Research and the DLR/ZKI as part of the BMBF-funded AIFER project.

October 5, 2022

Representatives of the German Red Cross visit ZKI

On September 19 & 20, representatives of the German Red Cross (DRK) from the fields of information management and GIS visited the ZKI and discussed joint, future collaborations with DLR scientists. During the meeting, the guests received an overview of the previous and current research work of the department "Geo Risks and Civil Security" and in particular of the "Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information" in the use of remote sensing data for crisis contexts.

September 8, 2022

Floods in Pakistan: ZKI provides information on their duration

Pakistan has been suffering from unusually heavy monsoon rains since mid-June 2022. They have caused severe flooding over large parts of the country, and as they continue so does the risk of water- and vector-borne diseases. ZKI has generated a data product that shows the area flooded from August 1, 2022 to September 5, 2022 and the number of days which parts were inundated with water.

July 6, 2022

ARCHES – robots explore a 'quasi-Moon' on Mount Etna; ZKI demonstrates complex situational awareness

ZKI develops a complex situation picture from various data sources, such as satellites, aerial and drone imagery, but also web data, governmental data or other geodata. During the Arches demonstration, the ZKI was a guest observer in order to be able to contribute to future joint exercises in a targeted manner and was able to demonstrate the relevance of a complex situational picture with an exemplary ZKI web application of the Arches test site on Mount Etna.

June 24, 2022

First IF-BUND projects under way and introduced at the National Forum for Remote Sensing and Copernicus 2022

A framework agreement has been concluded between the German Aerospace Center and the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI), “IF-BUND - Innovative Remote Sensing for the Federal Administration”, for the period 2021-2024. Its goal is the methodical transfer of remote sensing science expertise to public authorities. Implementing user-oriented developments in the field of remote sensing, such as innovation and pilot projects, is one of the key components of IF-BUND.

May 10, 2022

DLR data shows where people are at risk from natural disasters

In cooperation with the World Bank, African settlements with more than 10,000 inhabitants have been recorded from space. Earth observation data help to identify critical developments and better prepare cities for natural hazards. The German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) has linked its World Settlement Footprint (WSF) products with other databases. Machine learning methods help to process the enormous amounts of data. Focus: Space, digitalisation, security, Earth observation, climate change, Big Data, artificial intelligence.

April 4, 2022

Burn Scar Monitoring for Europe: New Products available in EOC’s Geoservice

Forest fires play a crucial role for ecosystems, threaten human lives and infrastructure, and contribute to climate change. Monitoring them is especially important. Now a new EOC dataset is available for the purpose. It shows those areas in Europe, that fell victim to flames: detected fully automatically, within just two hours after recording by the Sentinel-3 Copernicus satellite.