MENLO PARK, Calif., March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO, today announced that Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) plans to help people get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.
Case Study: Covid-19: How can GIS help plan housebound patient vaccination programmes?
NHS South Central and West’s GIS team has used its Esri mapping tool to model routes to reach as many patients as possible, in the least number of journeys. Travel times have been shortened and more doses are being given per day, so the Covid-19 vaccination programme is taking less time. Primary Care Networks can now also […]
When Natural Disasters and Pandemics Strike Together, Expect a Slow Recovery
Simulations demonstrate vulnerability of critical personnel during joint natural disaster and pandemic events
Satellite Imagery: Earthquake Damage, Soma City, Japan
Maxar Technologies’ WorldView-3 satellite collected new imagery on Sunday, February 14, of the Fukushima prefecture in Japan and the aftermath of the recent magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck offshore on February 13. Sunday’s imagery revealed efforts in progress to clear a landslide along the Joban Expressway near Soma City. The link below contains imagery of […]
I Got Vaccinated! Story Map Shares the Who & Where of #COVID-19 Vaccinations
A good story(map) story tip via our friend Joseph Kerski of Esri… “Our health team at Esri worked with GISCorps who is hosting this application where people can share their vaccination stories and approving submissions.”
Covid-19 Killing Robot Used in Pilot Program in Biden’s Wilmington DE
Here’s details of an interesting a pilot program that’s just wrapping up that involves the State of Delaware’s Department of Education and UBTECH, a global robotics and AI company
Wyoming, Idaho, and Tennessee Ranked the Riskiest States to Travel to During the Holidays
SEATTLE, Dec. 21, 2020 — QuoteWizard®, a LendingTree company, and one of the nation’s leading online insurance marketplaces released a report on holiday travel risk factors to see which states were considered riskier than others to visit this holiday season.
Record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season draws to an end
Improved forecasts, extensive preparedness helped protect lives and property
CoronavirusOutbreakMap.com COVID-19 Memorial Honoring Those Dead From COVID-19
NEW YORK, Nov. 25, 2020 — With the millions of people that have died from COVID-19, CoronavirusOutbreakMap.com is honoring everyone that has died from COVID-19.
Satellite Imagery: Aftermath of Hurricane Iota in Providencia Island, Colombia @Maxar
Maxar Technologies collected new satellite imagery yesterday (November 21st) of the small Colombian island of Providencia, which suffered extreme damage from Hurricane Iota. Nearly all of the island’s infrastructure was destroyed from the powerful category 5 storm that struck the island on November 16th
