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Company: RMSI Inc.
Industry: Disaster Management & Response
Location: Fort Collins, CO, United States of America
Summary: The United Nations Development Program recently teamed with RMSI to complete critical disaster risk assessment and a first-ever GIS base map for the island nation of Maldives.
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NEWARK CA, January 18, 2006: The tropical Maldives archipelago lies between Sri Lanka and the Horn of Africa. None of this nation’s 1,200 islands rises more than 1.5 meters above the Indian Ocean, creating certain disaster risks which the United National Development Program (UNDP) partnered with RMSI to explore.
Maldives was among the most severely affected countries hit by the Asian Tsunami on December 26, 2004. The reason for Maldives’ evidently high vulnerability can be attributed to its particular geographic location, apparent effects of climate change, topographical features, tourism and fisheries based economy and associated trends of population concentration. To avoid the present scale of losses and damage in future, UNDP and RMSI initiated a study to address this context of Maldives’ high level of vulnerability.
Using GIS and Remote Sensing, RMSI’s team of risk modeling experts developed catastrophe risk models to assess various hazards in terms of their probable maximum impact using scientific principles, probabilistic methods, and global best practices. Furthermore, RMSI also developed a GIS base map of Maldives, which is the first in the country.
As part of the deliverables, the UNDP was provided with a detailed report that included various results, findings and recommendations. The hazard, vulnerability and risk assessments at island level were provided on a 5-point scale – very high, high, moderate, low and very low. UNDP and the Government of Maldives can use the findings of this study for planning developmental strategies that will help in mitigating future disasters.
About RMSI
Originating in Silicon Valley in 1992, the company was founded and is managed by alumni from Stanford University. Today, RMSI's resource base comprises over 900 software, data and technology specialists. The company is owned by one of the UK's largest listed companies, the Daily Mail and General Trust plc. The combination of technical, financial, and human resource strengths, coupled with domain knowledge in many vertical markets, makes RMSI a unique global solution provider.
RMSI's core competency lies in full-service GIS and spatial solutions. This is well supported by strong complementary competencies in application software services, data engineering, and spatial modeling and analytics. The ability to offer complete solutions, comprising data, software and engineering under one roof, is a key differentiator for the company. RMSI provides solutions to clients in industries ranging from telecommunications, land and property, and geology to engineering, mining and the government sector
For more information, visit www.rmsi.com
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