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Content:

• Short overview of Nicaragua and INETER

• Natural disaster, environmental monitoring , gand the GIS in Nicaragua.

• GIS Geo-Risk unit in INETER

Vladimir Gutiérrezvladimir.gutierrez@gf.ineter.gob.ni

Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (Nicaraguan institute for land studies)

Vladimir Gutiérrezvladimir.gutierrez@gf.ineter.gob.ni

Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (Nicaraguan institute for land studies)

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Hazard and Risk StudiesHazard Monitoring

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gBasic Maps

INETER CINAPRED DEFENSACIVIL

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Physical CadastreDir

MeteorologicalDir.

Water ResourcesDir.

Lan PlanningDir.

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GIS Geo-RiskUnit

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NicaraguaPopulation:5,000,000+

Area:130,000 km2

Hazards:Hazards:EarthquakesEruptionspTsunamisHurricanesLandslidesFloods

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Disasters in Nicaragua• 1931 Managua earthquake, 2,000 killed• 1972 Managua earthquake, 10,000 killedg q

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• 1992 Tsunami, 170 killed

Destruction of restaurants and fishery facilities

Tsunami memorial

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• 1998 Hurricane Mitch, 5,000 killed(2000 died due to Casita volcano lahar)

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1972 Earthquake

• Start of monitoring scientific investigation andStart of monitoring, scientific investigation and hazard mapping in NicaraguaB ildi d• Building code

• Strict construction regulations in ManaguaS c co s uc o egu o s gu

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Disasters and Politics in Nicaragua• 1972 Managua earthquake

mismanagement of international aid,political and economic suppression by Dictator Somozapolitical and economic suppression by Dictator Somoza

-> ample opposition and guerilla

• 1979 victorious Sandinista revolution• 1981 - Civil War

Di t ti dDisaster prevention secondary• 1990 Democratic Elections – end of war • 1990ies - Slow development in terms of disaster1990ies Slow development in terms of disaster

prevention implication

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1998 Hurricane Mitch – turning pointg p

• Laws and regulations on disaster prevention g p• Foundation of SINAPRED -1999

- Umbrella Emergency Commissiong y- coordinates disaster prevention in all ministries, local admin, institutions

• INETER – Geosciences Institut- new institutional law 1999- subordinated to Presidency

300 k- 300 co-workers

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Hazard mapping projects

http://mapserver.ineter.gob.ni/website/mapas/Estudios/

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Monitoring

• Seismic Monitoring• Tsunami Warning• Volcáno MonitoringVolcáno Monitoring• Landslides Seismic network, 60+ stations

• Meteorological, Hurricane• River gauges Flood WarningRiver gauges, Flood Warning

Image of Webcam for volcano monitoring

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Seismic Monitoring

Isoseisms of a simulated Earthquake in Managua and its effects in C.A

Interactive map of seismic epicenters macroseismic intensities generated in near real time using data of the seismic network and published at INETER´s Web site.

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T i W iTsunami – Warning

*Seismic register Analysis – Seismic Central

*Earthquake Tsunami

45 minutes!Earthquake - Tsunami minutes!

Civil Defense - Warning to theWarning to the population

Moving the population to a secure site

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T i W iTsunami – Warning

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Volcano MonitoringA. Project: (INETER - King's College London (KCL), UK )

Antenna for images reception of Advanced Very– Antenna for images reception of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) for a NOAA satelliteNOAA satellite

– Automatic process of the crater area temperatureM it i f h’ l d– Monitoring of ash’s clouds

– WebCamsA t ti ll di f i– Automatically sending of warning

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Geographical Information System (GIS) on Geo-Hazard:GIS Geo-Risks, is a division of the Geophysics Direction of INETER.

The necessit of s ch a s stem and the ide se of GIS co erage asThe necessity of such a system and the wide use of GIS coverage was envisioned by INETER in 1998, after the experience with the disastrous impact of Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua. The GIS Geo-disastrous impact of Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua. The GIS GeoRisk and GIS coverage is in development since 1999.

Cartography has been digitized and recompiled for the projects study areas and at national scale, seismic sensors register information continuously in various countries volcanoes are being electronicallycontinuously in various countries, volcanoes are being electronically monitored and water levels in major rivers automatically supervised.

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Some Features from this GeoDatabase

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Desastre Cerro Musún

3D view from North East of Musún mountain,The areas with more than > 20 degrees of inclination are presented in red color. INETER/Geofísica, junio 2004

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- WebMaps Publications

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* Development of Customized GIS Applications:- Nomenclator (Names and its classifications on maps)

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Complex data model for the spatial real world elements

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- Seismic vulnerability and earthquake damage

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- Presentation on maps the rain of the meteorological telemetrically Stations (Script update the ShafeFile each 15minites).

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- Web, Desktops and DB Applications- GIS Geo-Data Bases administration- Application of GIS spatial analysis (spatial relationships)Application of GIS spatial analysis (spatial relationships)

- GIS LayOuts preparation (Maps creation)

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Some GIS works stations from several Technical INETER Areas

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GC Defensa Civil

SINAPREDRed LAN INETER

1000 Mbit/s

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INTERNET

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Servidor Georiesgos / Estaciones de trabajo

INTERNETMúltiples usuarios

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Conclusions

Future success of Nicaragua in GIS an monitoring requires:

* Insistant information* Training in GIS

(I INETER t ll th Di ti D t t GIS GIS(In INETER, not all the Direction or Department use GIS or GIS formats data base) * Well definition and implementation of Spatial Data Infrastructure Well definition and implementation of Spatial Data Infrastructure, for data exchange, between Directions and Institutions.* Hardware (Servers) and Software (RDBMS) for the storage and exchange of all institution (INETER) GIS information.* WorkStations and Software for GIS and remote sensing purpose.

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Landslide early warning system, Raining satellite images will be used (NOOA) and mixed with landslide hazard maps and Meteorological data stations.mixed with landslide hazard maps and Meteorological data stations.

ftp://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/smcd/emb/f_f/hydroest/centralamerica/1hour/current.gif

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Nicaragua is trying to reach success to gain

• THE END

• THANK YOU

• Vladimir Gutierrez