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
Clarity through the Cloud
Al Qaeda
ArcGIS
Broadband
cartography
cell phone
CENS
CIO
DHS
earthquake
ESRI
FBI
FCC
FLEX
GIS
Google
GSA
Homeland Security
IED
InfraGard
KML
logistics
Los Angeles
Mass Gatherings
NGA
Norway
NPR
NYTimes
PDC
RAND
RICS
San Diego
SDSU
Situational Awareness
social networking
Taliban
Tsunami
Twitter
UAV
UCLA
UNOSAT
USC
USGS
Ushahidi
USMC
WHO
What
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Meta
December 13, 2010
News & Map – Spatial@UCSB & NCGIA Spatio-Temporal Constraints on Social Networks and Map
January 3, 2010
Report – UN Foundation & Vodafone – New Technologies in Emergencies and Conflicts: The Role of Information and Social Networks
Excellent report from the UN per the ongoing work of the CrisisMapping cohort, UCLA CENS ( http://research.cens.ucla.edu/ ), etc.
http://www.unfoundation.org/press-center/publications/new-technologies-emergencies-conflicts.html
For accurate disaster satellite products, UNOSAT is the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme, implemented in co-operation with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/
Ushahidi is an excellent example of open source, mobile, situational awareness for disasters response – http://www.ushahidi.com/
What is Ushahidi? from Ushahidi on Vimeo.
