Cartography of quick answer after natural disasters : the Mexican experience
Hernandez-Navarro, Antonio
The purpose of this paper is to show the Mexican experience in the generation of geographic information for the detection and evaluation of the degree of damages caused by natural disasters, to facilitate the right and opportune decision making. The benefits of this project are: Considering that the time response has taken too long respecting to the nature of the disasters forces to remain in a process of continuous improvement; The information generated must be adapted to the necessities; The solution to these exigencies must tend to simplify the use and access to the information; The battle area of the immediate future of the INEGI will tend to an opening performance, therefore we must be prepared to new modalities on watch; and a greater commitment of the Government and Local areas.
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