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MapAction Haiti WFS and KML feeds

Posted on January 29, 2010 by glenn

From the MapAction team… A MapAction team left the UK the day after the earthquake struck and is working in Port-au-Prince to support relief coordination. Their maps have been crucial during the search and rescue phase on the ground. They … Continue reading →

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AND Automotive Navigation Data Makes Available Haiti GIS dataset and iPhone App

Posted on January 26, 2010 by glenn

AND (AND Automotive Navigation Data) has recently released a Shape dataset of Haiti, available to users free of charge.  The company informs us they will make this map available to everyone in order to geo-enable everybody in the aid efforts … Continue reading →

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360 Degree Immersive Media videos around Port au Prince, Haiti

Posted on January 25, 2010 by glenn

Remember Immersive Media?? These are the people that introduced the World (and Google) to 360 Immersive Media imagery (think Street View). Well, seems the team has been driving around Port au Prince, capturing 360 degree video of some of the … Continue reading →

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ERDAS Providing Access to Geospatial Web Services for Haiti Relief

Posted on January 19, 2010 by glenn

Representatives from ERDAS tell us that teh company has updated their Online Web Services to incorporate the GeoEye imagery collected January 13, 2010 (made available for free download).  From ERDAS: We plan to also put this on our website later … Continue reading →

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Haiti GIS Datasets available via Harvard Earthquake Research Center

Posted on January 18, 2010 by glenn

The Harvard Earthquake research center has set up a portal serving up free GIS data products covering Haiti. A number of data products and layers are available for download including: damage assessments admin boundaries streets major building footprints satellite imagery … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Haiti with the ESRI Viewer – Satellite Imagery, OSM data and more

Posted on January 16, 2010 by glenn

Recall the other day (Wednesday) we shared details of the ESRI Flex Viewer as a great option for mapping Haiti along with related data feeds (like the USGS earthquake data to visualize the exact quake centroids). Well, it seems the … Continue reading →

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The Haiti imagery layer from Google for Google Earth

Posted on January 15, 2010 by glenn

Working closely with GeoEye, Google is making available the most recent satellite imagery from GeoEye in order to paint a clearer picture of the devastation. Users can download the KML here and open it in Google Earth, or look at … Continue reading →

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FortiusOne Mapping Haiti Quake Effects and Relief Efforts

Posted on January 14, 2010 by glenn

The cool team at FortiusOne (think GeoComons) has shared with us details of their Haiti dashboard – geospatial information resource. From GeoCommons… “we are working with CrisisCommons.org to collect data to support humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti. The dashboard below … Continue reading →

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