25 September 2018 For flood risk assessment, one may develop flood hazard maps directly or just use existing maps which are often associated with modelled hazard return periods. The quality of each flood map is up to a range of factors, such as the quality of elevation and rainfall inputs, modelling methods, and [...]
21 September 2018 Super Typhoon Mangkhut made landfall in Guangdong Province, China around 5 PM Sunday (16 September 2018) as a Category 2 hurricane (in Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale). This blog summarises a number of rapid analyses we performed and some of our existing information products that can be used to help assess the [...]
18Â June 2018 Almost every industry has some types of exposure data, and its data quality and analysis are crucial for overall exposure management and decision making. For the businesses dealing with environmental, industrial, technological and man-made hazards and risk, the spatial and temporal accuracy of the underlying exposure data is among the most important. [...]
Location information is critical for news reporting, especially in the event of emergencies, natural disasters, industrial pollution, etc. Relevant location information and insights can not only make the news story more detailed and interesting, but also help readers understand each event and its context more quickly. BigData Earth has been developing unique location [...]