PARADIS: GIS tools for humanitarian demining

Sébastien Delhay, Mahamadou Idrissa, Vinciane Lacroix

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Abstract

Landmines and UXO (UneXploded Ordnance1) represent a constant and long-lasting threat to the life of millions of individuals. Moreover, these weapons have a strong socio-economic impact on contaminated countries as they involve serious effects as the loss of agricultural fields or access to water. Demining is a critical issue since contaminated areas are large and their clearance often requires investing much time and money into it. It is then fundamental to manage demining activities in an efficient manner. PARADIS 2 is a tool dedicated to Mine Action and helps demining campaigns planners take rational decisions. It fits the needs of all campaign actors, as it is based on the tasks assigned to both the campaign planner and the field operator. The tool is built upon GIS technology and uses satellite imagery as a substitute for background maps, in order to represent all data involved in demining in their most explicit form: a map.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of ISCRAM 2005 - 2nd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
PublisherRoyal Flemish Academy of Belgium
Pages213-219
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9076971099, 9789076971094
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Event2nd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2005 - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 18 Apr 200520 Apr 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of ISCRAM 2005 - 2nd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2005
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrussels
Period18/04/0520/04/05

Keywords

  • GIS
  • Humanitarian demining
  • Landmine
  • PARADIS
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite imagery
  • UXO

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