DOST to fly plane for ARMM hazard mapping
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o scientifically determine hazardous areas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will fly a plane over the ARMM provinces to survey the region for hazard preparedness, officials said on Sunday.
The activity is part of DOST’s project together with the University of the Philippines dubbed as Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation (DREAM),a component of the Project NOAH or Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards. “The plane will gather information on the region using a technology called LiDAR or Light Detection MAY2014 | www.pia.gov.ph
and Ranging to produce highresolution, detailed, and up-todate elevation maps and data sets,” said DOST Assistant Secretary Raymund Liboro during DOST’s hazard preparedness information campaign held here recently. “The plane gets information on the area by ‘throwing’ laser over the areas it covers,” Liboro PAGE | 9