The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Maps are where risk evidence becomes visible, and where it is most easily misread or misused. This page, published by The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), describes the geospatial capability of Nexus Foundry and publishes public-safe GIS documentation and approved demonstrations as each is released. No map, layer or demonstration is shown until it has passed a public-safe release decision. The current service level is R0: information and enquiries.
GCRI · Established · service level R0
Maps and GIS in Nexus Foundry is the geospatial capability where risk evidence becomes visible, and where it is most easily misread. The page publishes public-safe GIS documentation and approved demonstrations as each is released; no map, layer or demonstration appears before a public-safe release decision.
Surface classes an Earth-observation programme reads: ranges, deserts, glaciers, lakes and reefs, shown for Central Asia as an example geography for this subject.
The Earth Observation Platform federates satellite, aerial, meteorological and in-situ sources behind a catalogue and hands derived layers on with lineage, uncertainty and quality evidence.
The NorthStar common operating picture layers basemaps, hazard products, incidents, assets and routes for civilian coordination, including offline field work.
Every layer's licence and the owner's publication decision are on record. Publication never overrides source permission.
Restricted topology, critical-infrastructure detail and protected places are removed or generalized.
No layer identifies individuals or exposes communities to harm.
Each map states its method, date, resolution and uncertainty, and what it cannot show.
A public-safe decision is recorded before the map reaches the public.
Documentation and approved demonstrations will be listed here as each is released. Public-safe basin and access maps from field platforms appear on those platforms, such as Water Nexus. The science of geospatial risk analysis is described on GCRI geospatial science and GCRI Earth observation.
NorthStar supports civilian coordination. It is not a dispatch, warning or surveillance authority, and no map on this page is an official warning.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Coordinate reference system | The definition that ties coordinates to locations on Earth, catalogued with EPSG codes. |
| Public-safe release | A recorded decision on the detail at which a layer may be published without exposing sensitive sites or people. |
| Spatial data infrastructure | The policies, standards, technology and people that let geospatial data be shared and used. |
| Modifiable areal unit problem | The change in statistical results that comes from how areas are drawn and aggregated. |
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.