A team of Queensland firies has ignited the interest of emergency response teams from around the world, after using cutting-edge mapping technology to tackle a catastrophic problem from the dark ages. The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFRS) members were leading an Australian contingent of senior emergency response personnel in Switzerland, where teams from more […]
Trulia Releases New Map Visualizations to Inform Home Buyers Where Hurricanes, Wildfires and Tornado
Trulia Identifies America’s Top 10 Housing Markets at Lower-Risk of Being Hit By Natural Hazards
Hero volunteers mapping out ways to save lives
A team of Canberra GIS professionals are helping emergency response in Australia by volunteering their time, specialised skills and mapping technology to provide emergency managers with the maps and geographic tools they need during national crises. By day the 75-member Mapping and Planning Support (MAPS) group work regular jobs, but when disaster strikes, the team […]
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service select Cadcorp to supply corporate GIS
Stevenage, 1 August 2013 – A web mapping application from specialist British GIS software developer Cadcorp, has been selected to become the corporate GIS for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS). SFRS will provide all 23 of its fire stations with access to geographic information through an intranet application, Cadcorp Web Map Viewer. This is […]
Missouri Counties Receive Grant to Purchase Rugged Handhelds for Disaster Management
Several Missouri counties recently purchased a fleet of Juniper Systems Mesa® Rugged Notepads with a grant meant to aid with disaster management.
Search for South Australia wrecks in ship shape with 3D mapping technology
A team of shipwreck hunters have turned to cutting-edge 3D mapping technology to locate sunken vessels along the South Australian coastline… without getting their feet wet. More than 800 shipwrecks lie entombed along the state’s coast – particularly beneath the treacherous seas off Kangaroo Island and the Fleurieu and Yorke Peninsulas – victims of raging […]
Phoenix Police Department Selects Intergraph’s Public Safety Solutions
Intergraph software enables Arizona’s largest municipal police department to increase data management, access real-time information
Esri Maps Show Scope and Impact of Mountain Fire Near Idyllwild, CA
Esri’s live Public Information Map and Mountain Fire Local Impact Map are now available and show active perimeters from USGS, thermal hot spots from MODIS, and active FEMA shelters combined with related geotagged social media from Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube. The Mountain Fire Local Impact Map includes demographic data about the people, businesses, and critical […]
Esri and Institute of Fire Engineers Partner to Improve Fire Prevention Planning
Redlands, California—July 15, 2013—Esri and the Institute of Fire Engineers—USA (IFE)-hosted Vision 20/20 project have partnered to improve fire prevention planning through the use of simple risk analysis capabilities that include computer mapping and demographic analysis. The methods are being developed by teams of subject matter experts from both organizations and will be made available […]
Check Your Community’s Preliminary Flood Hazard Data
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released a new authoritative source for Preliminary Flood Hazard Data (preliminary data)! Moving forward, preliminary data will be available to the public in a centralized and easily accessible location, along with FEMA’s other flood mapping products and tools. As data are released, they will populate in the new […]