FYI Begin forwarded message: > From: "Esri" <newsletter@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Participate in an App Challenge to Change the World > Date: 01 August 2014 at 7:33:21 PM SAST > To: "Victoria Rautennach" <victoria.rautenbach@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > Meet the Disaster Resilience App Challenge > Communities in every country are impacted by disasters. The forecast for > continued climate-related disasters is that they will continue to worsen. You > can help by joining Esri and other developers meet the Global Disaster > Resilience App Challenge. Your challenge is to build map tools that help > communities see, understand, and prepare for a variety of disasters. > > Esri is helping developers like you meet the challenge by offering them > ArcGIS platform developer tools. In addition, Esri will present a $10,000 > award each for the best professional/scientific app and the best > consumer/public-facing app. > > The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) provides a > list of essential strategies that apps should address. For example, apps are > needed that build local alliances, help people reduce fire risk around their > homes, and use data for flood drainage analysis. You will find UNISDR's > essential list, more app ideas, and other details on the Esri Global Disaster > Resilience App Challenge website. > > The submission deadline is August 27, 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time). > > Enter the App Challenge > Unsubscribe from Esri event, product, and training notifications > Esri.com | Privacy | Contact Us > Copyright © 2014 Esri. All rights reserved. > Esri, 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373, USA. > >