What we do

  • Satellite imagery search and procurement assistance
  • Image processing
  • Map production including information extraction & analysis
  • Research and Methodology (design and guidance)
  • Field and remote technical assistance, including strategic consulting
  • Training and capacity development
  • Integrated Satellite Communiation solutions
  • Data storage and Information & Communication Technology solutions

Our work consists of acquiring and processing satellite data to produce and deliver information, analysis and observations to be used by our partners and beneficiaries for relief and development work at national and community level. UNOSAT work is entirely based on our commitment to producing concrete, tangible and usable results in every activity we undertake. We always look for the best solution and we use high-end technology to implement it.

UNOSAT created in 2003 a new humanitarian rapid mapping service that is today fully developed and has been activated over 100 times by UN relief and coordination agencies. This work implies very quick acquisition and processing of satellite imagery and data for the creation of map and GIS layers in support of emergency response and humanitarian relief coordination (UNDAC teams, impact assessment missions, damage estimates, etc).

UNOSAT remains engaged beyond the emergency phase by supporting early recovery and recovery activities. A growing number of national and international development projects receive support from UNOSAT for strategic territorial planning and advanced GIS applications. The expertise accumulated by our technical team with extensive field experience allows us to provide a technological edge to local capacity development.

UNOSAT experience is not limited to technical support services: we are keen on developing capacity locally and help communities retain this capacity. To do so, UNOSAT develops and implements integrated training modules and programmes that sometimes include the design and realization of GIS and cartographic centres that can continue to exist after the conclusion of a cooperation project, for example as self-supporting geo-information centres.