Via CrisisCommons.org:

http://crisiscommons.org/2011/11/11/smem/

#SMEM Camp Report Released

On Wednesday November 10, 2011 a community of emergency management practitioners in collaboration with a volunteer research team at CNA, released a report of the findings of the March 2011 Social Media in Emergency Management Camp. During this event emergency managers and practitioners gathered to discuss the opportunities and challenges of using social media and other emerging technologies in emergency management. The primary objective of the gathering was to capture best practices, challenges, future engagement and training opportunities.

SMEM Camp event brought together more than 150 members of the U.S. emergency management community convened to discuss how social media and emerging technologies are affecting response operations. Findings of this event, along with additional collaboration with the community, has yielded the first independent, community-led report reflecting the needs and challenges of our nation’s emergency services systems ability to leverage social media tools to support emergency management functions, not only during crisis events but during preparedness, recovery and mitigation efforts.

SMEM Camp was hosted by the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) and the SMEM Initiative, in collaboration with CrisisCommons. Participants included representatives from state and local emergency management agencies, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the American Red Cross, Twitter©, companies like Citibank, and volunteer technology communities. SMEM Camp was a direct response to changes in societal expectations of emergency responders (e.g., the timeliness of response) brought about by the emergence of social media and related technologies over the past decade.

The participants and researchers collaborated with hopes to share an independent and grassroots practitioner perspective which can to shed light on current opportunities and challenges with regards to use of social media across the entire emergency management spectrum. To view the report and its resources you can click to http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/SMEM_Initiative or the below links:

Social Media in Emergency Management Camp: Transforming the Response Enterprise Report: http://scr.bi/uy5H0w
SMEM Report Factsheet: http://scr.bi/ts1fFP
SMEM Report Annex B: Virtual Operations Support Group/Teamhttp://scr.bi/VOSGTConcept
SMEM Report Annex C: Social Media in Emergency Management: the Canadian experiencehttp://scr.bi/SMEMCanada

About the SMEM Initiative

The Social Media in Emergency Management Initiative “SMEM” is an informal network of emergency management practitioners who seek to explore best practices and bridge social media in emergency management. SMEM seeks to build a common understanding and “experience exchange” to support the use and inclusion of social media, public data and technology innovation to support mission objectives of emergency management to prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate against disaster. To join the conversation, visit the #SMEM hash tag and be sure to visit the #SMEMchat each Friday at 12:30PM EST where there is a live discussion. Check out news and archive topics at at www.sm4em.org and wiki.crisiscommons.org and be sure to join the practitioner email group at http://groups.google.com/group/smem.

Great tools for deciphering the torrent of #Twitter data -

http://gnip.com

http://www.geochirp.com/

http://trendsmap.com/

http://www.sat2twitter.com/

And a great UN effort to share pictures and their locations -

http://www.ansur.no/

& http://www.geo-pictures.eu/

Compelling TEDx talk by UK journalist Paul Lewis ( ) re: the citizen reporting and transparency paradigm shift which Twitter and allied social media tools have ushered-in -

…an equally focused and vivid 3 minute lightning talk by ESRI re: Social Media for Emergency Management #SMEM

And with great allusions to AirWolf and Yoda, a concise ‘state of the social mapping union’ TEDx Silicon Valley tour de force by one of the preeminent #SMEM and #CrisisMappers visionaries, Patrick Meier

Patrick Meier speaks at TEDx Silicon Valley 2011 from TEDx Silicon Valley on Vimeo.

Free ArcGIS.com resource for understanding the upcoming London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – http://www.london2012.com

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Lastly, interesting beta Silverlight map tool to note Twitter geo patterns and timeline -

http://apps.arcgis.com/hosted/OnePane/twittertimeline/index.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/05/the-fan-factor-in-the-nba-conference-finals/239251/

With due deference to Jesse Eisenberg, the future is here and it is BOTH social and geospatial -

http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/projects/spatio-temporal/

PDFs
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/projects/spatio-temporal/participants.php

” EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
November 10, 2010
M-11-03

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-16, “Coordination of Geographic Information and Related Spatial Data Activities,” provides for improvements in the coordination and use of spatial data, and describes effective and economical use and management of spatial data assets in the digital environment for the benefit of the Federal Government and the Nation. This Supplemental Guidance document further defines and clarifies selected elements of OMB Circular A-16 to facilitate the adoption and implementation of a coordinated and effective Federal geospatial asset management capability that will improve support of mission-critical business requirements of the Federal Government and its stakeholders.”

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=2114322

http://thegardenisland.com/sports/recreation/article_7a0dc80e-e6d4-11df-8929-001cc4c03286.html

World Health Organization Dengue Factsheet
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs117/en/

Dengue HealthMap
http://www.healthmap.org/dengue/

.. his surfing style and power were a gift to us all…

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/

& PDF Map
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullmaps_sa.nsf/luFullMap/EF87046CDA59D1F9852577C9004F2593/$File/map.pdf?OpenElement

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

Background http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-fire-cameras,0,7128240.story

http://www.gerrymanderingmovie.com/

Trailer http://gerrymanderingmovie.com/content.php?section=media&page=player&media=teaser

http://publicaffairs.ucla.edu/news/public-policy/gerrymandering-gilliam-speaks-new-film-and-ballot-measure