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Preliminary Info on 2012 U.S. Billion-Dollar Extreme Weather/Climate Events
NOAA released preliminary information on extreme weather and climate events in the U.S. for 2012 that are known to have reached the $1 billion threshold in losses. As of December 20, NOAA estimates that the nation experienced 11 such events, to include seven severe weather/tornado events, two tropical storm/hurricane events, and the yearlong drought and […]
Big Data, Business Trends, and Networking Highlight MAPPS 2013 Winter Conference Program
Reston, Virginia – MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association of private sector geospatial firms, has announced a program providing first-class business, technical education, and market opportunities for its annual Winter Conference, to be held January 27-31, 2013 at the Trump International Resort in Sunny Isles (Miami) Beach, Florida. Sessions will focus on education programs, networking […]
EVG Aids in Hurricane Sandy Disaster Response Efforts
East View Geospatial Executes Emergency Map Customization and Plotting For Team Rubicon’s Hurricane Sandy Disaster Response Efforts
U.S. crime expert to Australian police: know your place
An international crime mapping expert has declared that Australia’s law enforcement agencies must ‘know their place’ – if they are to successfully build a complete understanding of the nation’s criminal activity. Scott Burton, who is the Public Safety Systems Manager for the largest accreditation law enforcement agency in the United States, led an award-winning project […]
One-of-a-Kind Imaging Technology Speeding Sandy Recovery, Infrastructure Rebuilding and Insurance
One-of-a-Kind Imaging Technology Speeding Sandy Recovery, Infrastructure Rebuilding and Insurance Claim Processing – Governments, Utilities and Insurers Now Using Pictometry’s High-Resolution Aerial Oblique Imagery across the Tri-State Region
USGS and Google Partner on Emergency Alerts
Emergency notifications for earthquakes, severe weather and other public safety matters are now available through Google Public Alerts. The system provides access to information during crises through the online tools you use every day. The Google Crisis Response team wants to make it easy for people to find critical information during emergencies and is doing […]
Photos Reveal Severity of Hurricane Sandy’s Coastal Impacts
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The USGS has released a series of aerial photographs showing before-and-after images of Hurricane Sandy’s impacts on the Atlantic Coast. The photos, part of a USGS assessment of coastal change from as far south as the Outer Banks of North Carolina to as far north as Massachusetts, show that the storm […]
NOAA’s NGS launches online Response Imagery Viewer
View aerial images of Sandy’s destruction
Hurricane Sandy: The AfterMap from Esri Reveals Pre and Post Sandy NOAA Imagery
The latest Esri story map is a handy resource that reveals the latest pre and post Sandy imagery from NOAA. Using a slider action the user simply drags the red line to delineate where the pre and post imagery will be determined… amazing to see the destruction from this terrible tragedy. The map shows NOAA […]