The Philippines being a locus of typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, is a hotbed of disasters. Natural hazards inflict loss of lives and costly damage to property. Last year, the devastating impacts of Pedring, Quiel and Sendong resulted in a high number of fatalities with economic losses amounting to billions of pesos. Extreme weather is the common factor in these latest catastrophes. Situated in the humid tropics, the Philippines will inevitably suffer from climate-related calamities similar to those experienced recently. With continued development in the lowlands, and growing populations, it is expected that damage to infrastructure and human losses would persist and even rise unless appropriate measures are immediately implemented by government.
In response to President Aquino's instructions to put in place a responsive program for disaster prevention and mitigation, specifically, for the Philippines' warning agencies to be able to provide a 6 hour lead-time warning to vulnerable communities against impending floods and to use advanced technology to enhance current geo-hazard vulnerability maps, the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH) was launched by the Department of Science and Technology. Readd more about Project Noah, click here!
We have tried the application and capture the video demo from our laptop computer. However we will try the application on Google Nexus 7 to see how smooth it will work in an Android gadget. The application we believe is not yet available for Download in Google play and we'll let you know if it's already available since we only tried Project Noah Android Application, advance copy.
We believed Project Noah is a must-have Android application for all Philippine residents carrying an Android Gadgets.
Credit to Ms. Jenalyn A. Alconis- Supervising Science Research Specialist-Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards- National Institute of Geological Sciences- University of the Philippines Diliman for sending us the advance Beta copy of the Project Noah Android Application.
UPDATE: The NOAH mobile app can be downloaded from Google Play. It’s compatible with smartphones and tablets running Android 2.2 and later.
Here's EGamersCentrum video demo of Project Noah Android Application.
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