Today marks the launch of the new Everglades Foundation website, featuring a web map I developed on the front page. Visit the new site, and click on the “Everglades Action Map” to check it out!
Web Mapping
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Feb 10
NorCal URISA
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) is a nonprofit, multidisciplinary organization geared toward professionals using GIS in urban and regional environments. I recently attended a meeting held by the northern California chapter of URISA in Sacramento, the theme of which happened to be web-based mapping. The first presenter was Brian Morgan from the UC Davis, which apparently has an extensive arboretum utilized regularly by students for research purposes. Darrin Farmer from Weston Solutions gave a presentation on a geospatial information “dashboard” developed for water-resource employees. Finally, Doug Renwick from HostGIS in Arcata talked about free, open-source GIS and web mapping technologies. A lovely and informative meeting overall!
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Jan 10
Web Mapping for Disaster Relief in Haiti
Driving into Sacramento today, I heard a story on Public Radio International’s “The World” about how the GIS community is responding to the current crisis in Haiti. Reacting to the initial inadequacy of available geographic data (for example, there was little to no public information on transportation networks and building locations in the country), thousands of volunteers took up researching and digitizing historic maps of Haiti. Also, mobile GPS devices have been distributed in Haiti to provide accurate locational information to relief workers. Much of this data is being visualized and printed for distribution using OpenStreetMap, a free, online map that receives most of its data from the general online community.