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Disaster response and risk management using PNNL’s Aether framework on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

The framework has evolved over the last five years, and instances of Aether are deployed in various resilience and disaster response studies across the globe. Some other projects powered by Aether include Rapid Analytics for Disaster Response (RADR) and Chemical Security Mapping Tool (CSMT).

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Innovations in Data: Put Digital Twins to Work

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Government Accountability Office defines a digital twin as a virtual representation of a physical object, process or system. The concept of digital twins, which has been around for years, is gaining traction as agencies gather better data and vendors develop better tools.

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How to detect wildfire smoke using Amazon Rekognition

AWS Public Sector Blog

Disaster response teams can use the cloud to create wildfire detection workflows that automatically deploy rapid notifications to fire incident response teams, so disaster response teams are alerted to the first signs of wildfire formation.

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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

AWS Public Sector Blog

Pictured: The AWS 2023 Justice and Public Safety GovTech Accelerator cohort at Amazon’s HQ2 for Week Zero, a three-day onboarding event to kick off the accelerator. The program will culminate with the 2023 AWS GovTech Accelerator demo day at the State of GovTech conference on November 14.

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Querying the Daylight OpenStreetMap Distribution with Amazon Athena

AWS Public Sector Blog

It is highly relevant for organizations such as the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), which depends on timely and updated OSM data to support their global humanitarian and disaster response mapping charters, as well as organizations that provide value-added services and maps built from OSM data. was released in February 2023.