Over the past 15 years, scientists and disaster responders have increasingly used satellite-
based Earth observations for global rapid assessment of disaster situations. We review …

Exploiting the decrease of costs related to UAV technology, the humanitarian community
started piloting the use of similar systems in humanitarian crises several years ago in …

The data obtained with remote sensing sensors are processed to fuel studies related to the
Earth's resources and environment. Sensor technologies being developed are increasing …

This paper investigated the achievable accuracy from a low-cost RTK (Real Time
Kinematic)/PPK (Post Processing Kinematic) GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) …

The impact of floods on forests is immediate, so it is necessary to quickly define the
boundaries of flooded areas. Determining the extent of flooding in situ has shortcomings due …

Flood events are becoming more severe, causing significant problems to human
communities, including physical, psychological, and material damage. For both flood …

The present paper focuses on the use of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), commonly known
as drones, for the fast mapping of medium to large areas in an emergency response …

This chapter focuses on the emergency mapping activities generally carried out to support
the immediate response to flood events, mainly describing the role of satellite data. The …

The recent seismic swarms, occurred in Italy since August 2016, outlined the importance of
deepen Geomatics researches for the validation of new strategies aimed at rapid-mapping …

Damage assessment from very high resolution (VHR) remote sensing imagery plays a
fundamental role in the delineation of the impact caused by catastrophic events. To date …