What is GFMS?
From MyDewetra World
The GFMS is designed to achieve the following three major requirements, namely:
- to provide a continuous global, systematic monitoring of flood events,
- to significantly enhance the timeliness of flood maps for emergency response and
- to improve the effectiveness of Rapid Mapping activation requests through a better identification of the area of interest.
GFMS is run by the GLOBAL FLOOD MONITORING ALLIANCE, consisting of
- 2 companies: the EODC (Earth Observation Data Centre - Group Leader) and GeoVille from Austria,
- 3 research institutions: the TU Wien (Austria), LIST (Luxembourg) and CIMA (Italy) and
- the German Aerospace Center (DLR, as sub-contractor to EODC)
