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November 1, 2011

Tools – #SocialMedia and #Mobile Tools for Mass Gatherings

UPDATE 20111113
NASA GeoCam project – http://disastercam.blogspot.com/

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

September 11, 2010

Situational Awareness & Data – #SanBrunoFire

Geospatial Data
UPDATE 20100913
County of San Mateo GIS link and public mapping/FLEX viewer w/parcels

http://gis.co.sanmateo.ca.us/CountyGIS/

Post Blast KML Imagery via GeoEye
http://mw1.google.com/crisisresponse/2010/sanbruno_explosion/SanBruno_GeoEye-1_Imagery.kml

Google Map of Resources

CalEMA
Maps and Photos
http://www.calema.ca.gov/WebPage/oeswebsite.nsf/ClientOESFileLibrary/GISMaps/$file/San_Bruno_Briefing_091010_A.pdf

http://www.calema.ca.gov/WebPage/oeswebsite.nsf/ClientOESFileLibrary/GISMaps/$file/San_Bruno_Briefing_091010_A_noPhotos.pdf

http://www.facebook.com/californiaemafan

Resources for Victims
http://sanbruno.ca.gov/

20100910 630PM Update
http://sanbruno.ca.gov/PDFs/UPDATE%20ON%20THE%20GLENVIEW%20FIRE%203.pdf

Specific Homes and Addresses
http://sanbruno.ca.gov/PDFs/Status%20of%20Homes.pdf

http://www.ktvu.com/slideshow/news/24949310/detail.html

San Bruno Fire CIR

San Bruno Fire courtesy of Digital Globe

Sept 9th Aerial Image of San Bruno Fire by Denny

May 27, 2009

NSGIC – WebEx NGA/DHS Overview & Virginia’s ESRI FLEX COP

Category: Common Operational Picture (COP),ESRI,GIS Tools,Government – Tags: , , , , , – Administrator 11:32 pm

https://nsgic.webex.com/nsgic/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=13608657&act=pb&rKey=E427BC4FF1336C81

For the entire National States Geographic Information Council WebEx archive, go to …

http://www.nsgic.org/resources/webex_archives.cfm

To view the Virginia ESRI FLEX API-based VIPER Common Operational Picture (COP) application, go to…

https://cop.vdem.virginia.gov/viper/