Sunset Beach focuses wind, waves, reefs, and geography to make a great contest. Great to see the Hana trifecta of Ola, Hank, Monyca et al at the Vans World Cup of Surfing at #SunsetBeach Oahu HI and support sustainable clothing via Local Clothes (Cayucos CA) -
http://localclothes.com/?p=5946#ooid=5kY2wzMzr6DHiyF8MVrze3RfYGbEjULW
Polynesian Voyaging Society showing that Polynesians lead the Norse in historic ocean voyaging -
http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/
Historic context -
Perfect Cloudbreak -
Follow current US Flooding, Tornado, and other declared disasters here -
http://www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema
and use the following live, ArcGIS Online GIS map created by Nordic Geospatial to monitor the disaster response and recovery efforts -
Tragedy in Australia & Flood mapping resources
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/qld-floods/beforeafter.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/qld-floods/default.htm
http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-27.508119,152.981358&z=13&t=k&nmd=20110113
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/qld-floods/beforeafter2.htm
USGS Arkstorm Flood Scenario and Preparedness for West Coast of US
http://urbanearth.usgs.gov/winter-storm/
UPDATE 20101030
PDC’s Online SE Asia Disaster Map – OSO-Map
http://www.pdc.org/osamap/html/osamap-init.jsp
UPDATE 20101029
Google KML file of Mt Merapi Evacuation centers – many thanks to Gayatri Indah Marliyani (gayatri_indah@yahoo.com – SDSU VizLab & InRelief assoc.)
http://www.nordicgeospatial.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/20101027_MerapiEvacuationShelter.kml
Latest WHO Indonesia Situation Report – very comprehensive
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/EGUA-8ANRWT/$File/full_report.pdf
Mentawai Islands (off Padang, Sumatra) Tsunami Resources – English
US Pacific Disaster Center (PDC Maui HI) Interactive Map
http://www.pdc.org/atlas/
US NASA Map -
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46607&src=nhrss
Donate to SurfAid -
http://www.surfaidinternational.org/you-can-help/donate.html
Mt. Merapi Volcano -
US State Dept. HIU Map –
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullmaps_sa.nsf/luFullMap/25AB253F90228528852577C9006E493D/$File/map.pdf?OpenElement
Resources in Bahasa Indonesian -
http://www.slemankab.go.id/peta-sarpras-2010.slm/peta-sarpras
Note: ‘EWS awan panas’ is simply abbreviation of Early Warning System of hot clouds (pyroclastic flow, sometime referred to as ‘Merapi type nuee ardente’), while ‘EWS Lahar Dingin’ means the location of tool for detect cold lahar (volcanic debris flow).
Evac Shelter Info
http://merapi.combine.or.id/baca/1244/info-barak-pengungsian.html
Google Docs Datasheet
https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AmZHu0Os76fNdEs5MkZYdm9lYVJhMjNzUXpYcjN2emc&hl=en&gid=1
Video
http://video.tvone.co.id/arsip/view/45073/2010/10/26/pasca_gempa_72_sr_mentawai_diterjang_tsunami/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Merapi
#PDC (Maui, HI) releases Disaster Aware mobile application for iPad and #iPhone users
http://www.pdc.org/PDCNewsWebArticles/2010/iTunes/disaster_alert.htm
Los Angeles County has a new geo data portal with RSS feeds to let you know when data sets are updated for this 4,700 sq. mile jurisdiction with 10 million inhabitants and 88 cities!
http://egis3.lacounty.gov/dataportal/
UPDATE 20100712
Doctors Without Borders / MSF Report – Haiti Six Months Later
http://maps.msf.at/Haiti-Six-Months-Later/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/haiti_six_months_EN_LOW.pdf
& Map (note: Spanish & French versions)
http://maps.msf.at/Haiti-Six-Months-Later/?lang=en
UPDATE 20100423
New World Bank Reconstruction Guide
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=12229
UPDATE 20100302
02.19.10 – USAID-DCHA Haiti Earthquake Mapbook38
International Organization of Migration (IOM) KML and JPEG links
http://groups.google.com/group/cccmhaiti/web/mapping-and-gis?_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcccmhaiti%3F
UPDATE 1500 GMT 20100219 -
ERDAS Data Links and Viewer
http://www.erdas.com/HaitianRelief/tabid/327/Default.aspx
http://apollopro.erdas.com/apollo-client/index.jsp?fullscreen=true
Potential Flooding 10 meter DEM (Digital Elevation Model) – warning: large < 2.8 GB
http://maps.geography.uc.edu/~cgn/maps/Haiti/imagery/waspftp.cis.rit.edu/LiDAR_Rasters_DEM_SEM/DEM/contours/accum_8bit.tif
Resulting Raster Images/Maps from Chris Nicholas at UN-SPIDER
http://maps.geography.uc.edu/~cgn/maps/Haiti/imagery/ASTER_accum.png
2m, Jacmel
http://maps.geography.uc.edu/~cgn/maps/Haiti/imagery/Jacmel_accum.png
2m, Leogane
http://maps.geography.uc.edu/~cgn/maps/Haiti/imagery/Leogane_accumulation.png
10m PaP
http://maps.geography.uc.edu/~cgn/maps/Haiti/imagery/PaP_accum.png
IDP Camps as of Jan 18 with Population Estimates
http://maker.geocommons.com/maps/11262
UPDATE 1500 GMT 20100130 -
The Guardian UK – How to build a crisis reporting system – Lessons learned from Haiti
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/29/haiti-crowdsourcing
James Dobbins of RAND testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Haiti
http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT339/
InRelief.org portal with live maps, UAV video, consolidated tweets, etc.
http://haiti.inrelief.org
WIRED Magazine’s DangerRoom covers SDSU’s VizLab and UAV aerial imagery
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/video-fix-navy-spyplane-tracks-haiti-airdrop/
NY Times Overview of pre- and post-quake imagery at significant sites
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/14/world/20100114-haiti-imagery.html
WIRED Magazine reviews the power of post-quake LIDAR 3D data (via UN SPIDER )
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/haiti-3d-flyover/all/1
CrisisCommons RSS Project for Haiti
http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Haiti_RSS_Feed_Challenge
US PKSOI (Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute) SOLLIMS (Stability Operations Lessons Learned Information Management System
http://www.pksoi.org/
UPDATE 1900 GMT 20100126 -
Jan 19-21 3D LIDAR Image of IDP Site Evolution
Wired Magazine’s The Danger Room reports on laptops and GPS clearing the port in PaP
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/repairing-port-au-prince-harbor-with-laptops-and-gps/
UN Shelter Cluster (IOM et al)
http://groups.google.com/group/shelterhaiti2010
UNOCHA
http://ochaonline.un.org/
USAID
http://www.usaid.gov/helphaiti/
Haiti Crisis Map – Telescience with all imagery
http://hypercube.telascience.org/haiti/
UPDATE 2100 GMT 20100125 -
Strategic view of rebuilding Haiti from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
http://www.caribbeanconstruction.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=226:haiti-building-mission&catid=5:general-news&Itemid=3
http://www.rics.org/disastermanagement
UPDATE 2100 GMT 20100124 -
Excellent UN portal
http://oneresponse.info/Disasters/Haiti/Pages/default.aspx
UPDATE 1400 GMT 20100121 -
An excellent one stop shop – the Sahana Portal and Geo viewer
http://haiti.sahanafoundation.org/prod/
http://haiti.sahanafoundation.org/prod/gis/map_viewing_client
UN Cartographic Section Data and Maps
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm
ftp://157.150.195.135/Maps/DamageAssessment/
Pacific Disaster Center (Maui, HI) resources
http://www.pdc.org/atlas/
Thompson Reuters AlertNet
http://www.alertnet.org/
USGS
http://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/disaster/201001_Earthquake_Haiti/docs_misc/
UN OCHA Haiti
http://oneresponse.info/Disasters/Haiti/MapCenter/Pages/GIS.aspx
UPDATE 1300 GMT 20100120 -
US Navy Topo Map & GEOINT products (PDF, JPG, and GeoPDF formats) are available
http://egeoint.nrlssc.navy.mil/smts/HaitiMaps/
Los Angeles County Fire Search and Rescue updates
http://www.fire.lacounty.gov/haiti.asp
UPDATE 1200 GMT 20100119 -
Ushahidi, iRevolution on CNN
http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/01/18/ushahidi-fletcher-situation-room-update/
UN SITREPS here
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/VVOS-7ZUJKN?OpenDocument&RSS20&RSS20=FS
All NGO et al partners can join the US DoD SOUTHCOM APAN (All Partners Access Network) to collaborate and get the latest GEOINT and logistics updates – an excellent resource.
http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/APAN.php
Logistics Map Resources
http://www.logcluster.org/tools/mapcentre/map-resources
WHO PAHO
http://twitter.com/pahoeoc
http://new.paho.org/disasters/?lang=en
Delta State University in Mississippi (POC Talbot Brooks – tbrooks@deltastate.edu ) has created hi-res imagery PDF maps with MRGS grids and is pushing WMS GIS data feeds
http://mississippi.deltastate.edu/data/haiti/Map_Products/
1000m WMS
http://greatriver.deltastate.edu/arcgis/services/Haiti/Haiti_MGRS_1000m_All/MapServer/WMSServer
1000m WFS
http://greatriver.deltastate.edu/arcgis/services/Haiti/Haiti_MGRS_1000m_All/MapServer/WFSServer
MGRS 100m grids – Port Au Prince
WMS Service
http://greatriver.deltastate.edu/arcgis/services/Haiti/Port_au_Prince_MGRS_100m/MapServer/WMSServer
WFS Service
http://greatriver/arcgis/services/Haiti/Port_au_Prince_MGRS_100m/MapServer/WFSServer
UPDATE 1900 GMT 20100114 –
ESRI ArcGIS Online Data
http://www.arcgisonline.com/home/group.html?owner=esri_event&title=Haiti%20Earthquake
Google KML file from DirectAction showing damage levels in central Port-au-Prince
http://www.directrelief.org/uploadedFiles/Google_Earth/Haiti%20Emergency%20Map%20with%20DRI%20Points.kmz
JRC Landslide Risk Map
http://www.gdacs.org/documents/JRC_slopemap_20100114.pdf
ReliefWeb map of damage to Port-au-Prince
http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?pid=1407
UPDATE 1800 GMT 20100113 –
New Google KML hi-res (house level), post quake IMAGERY (thank you HIFLD)
CLICK HERE
Geospatial Tools
http://geoss.esri.com/geoviewer/
http://www.esri.com/services/disaster-response/index.html
https://cop.vdem.virginia.gov/viper/
Data & Maps
http://haiti.sahanafoundation.org/prod/gis/map_service_catalogue
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc108?OpenForm&emid=EQ-2010-000009-HTI&rc=2
http://www.un-spider.org/?q=page/3166/un-spider-update-haiti-earthquake
http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?id=52
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/catalogs/
http://www.disasterscharter.org/web/charter/home
Other Tools
http://haiti.ushahidi.com/main
Video
Empivot and sustainable housing & shelter that could help inform the rebuilding of Haiti
WHO (OMS) Health Action for Haiti Earthquake Survivors (in French)
UN SPIDER Space Application Matrix
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Aloha All,
If you attended the HCPO/HIGICC 2009 Conference last month, you already know that the presentations are available online. But if you weren’t able to attend, now’s your chance to check out some excellent presentations that were made at the conference. Here’s a link to the presentations website:
http://resilientcommunitieshawaii.org/presentations.html
Thanks, Royce.
Royce A. Jones
Hawaii-Pacific Region Manager
http://www.esri.com/events/cahinvrug/index.html
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
1357 Kapiolani Blvd. #1110
Honolulu HI 96814
808-947-0993 x 1-5638 (tel)
808-947-5690 (fax)
rjones@esri.com
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