Nordic Geospatial Blog –

UPDATE 20101216
The Atlantic and Peter Bergen plus excellent 3D AfPak Waziristan map-summary of strikes -
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/12/the-drone-wars/8304/

UPDATE 20100620
US Border drone flights suspended after comms breakdown
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/06/border-drone-breaks-comms-with-pilot-flights-suspended/

UPDATE 20100607
UN Drone Report & NYTimes article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/world/03drones.html

http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/14session/A.HRC.14.24.Add6.pdf

UPDATE 20100413
Robert Wright in NYTimes – The Price of Assassination
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/title-2/

UPDATE 20100405
A stepped up campaign after Khost
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/05/world/asia/05drones.html

UPDATE 20100303
Interactive maps and stats of the drone campaign in AfPak
http://counterterrorism.newamerica.net/drones

Point…
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7ZC99B?OpenDocument

“Of the 44 predator strikes carried out by US drones in the tribal areas of Pakistan over the past 12 months, only five were able to hit their actual targets, killing five key Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders, but at the cost of over 700 innocent civilians.”

Wired Magazine’s Danger Room exposes unencripted UAV signals being used by Insurgents… sobering
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/drone-feds-gave-insurgents-early-warning-report/

NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100131283

& Counterpoint…

RAND Corp’s Seth G. Jones – Take the War to Pakistan
http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/12/04/NYT.html

http://diydrones.com/

Excellent report from the UN per the ongoing work of the CrisisMapping cohort, UCLA CENS ( http://research.cens.ucla.edu/ ), etc.

http://www.unfoundation.org/press-center/publications/new-technologies-emergencies-conflicts.html

For accurate disaster satellite products, UNOSAT is the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme, implemented in co-operation with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/

Ushahidi is an excellent example of open source, mobile, situational awareness for disasters response – http://www.ushahidi.com/

What is Ushahidi? from Ushahidi on Vimeo.