{"id":225,"date":"2011-08-02T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/08\/02\/un-to-establish-committee-on-global-geospatial-information\/"},"modified":"2011-08-02T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T11:05:00","slug":"un-to-establish-committee-on-global-geospatial-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/08\/02\/un-to-establish-committee-on-global-geospatial-information\/","title":{"rendered":"UN to Establish Committee on Global Geospatial Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=39166&amp;Cr=telecom&amp;Cr1=\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-cxVFN6P0Cew\/Tjb5y4NW2LI\/AAAAAAAAAGA\/vJ9laaJZPbc\/s200\/United-Nations.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Last week, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ecosoc\/\">United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)<\/a> voted to establish a committee of experts to manage international cooperation regarding geospatial infrastructure. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=39166&amp;Cr=telecom&amp;Cr1=\">This press release<\/a> highlights the diverse applications of GIS for the UN including analyzing climate change, natural disaster response and preparedness as well as managing population displacement, food and economic crises and pandemics. For more, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/ggim.un.org\/\">United Nations Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to establish a committee of experts to manage international cooperation regarding geospatial infrastructure. This press release highlights the diverse applications of GIS for the UN including analyzing climate change, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/08\/02\/un-to-establish-committee-on-global-geospatial-information\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}