SAN FRANCISCO — Everyone should tuck a paper map into their emergency kit. When power goes out and cellphone networks are down, having a clear view of… Read more “Making distraction-free maps for community responders with open source tools”
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Resilience without borders: OpenStreetMap Geography Awareness Week meetup in Italy
FLORENCE, Italy — Resiliency Maps can be made for any city. And the fastest way to get people good-scared* is to show them they don’t have a… Read more “Resilience without borders: OpenStreetMap Geography Awareness Week meetup in Italy”
Harnessing the power of OpenStreetMap for earthquake risk modeling
When quakes hit, it’s not just the ground that shakes. How much the buildings above shimmy and buckle determines the number of people who are injured or… Read more “Harnessing the power of OpenStreetMap for earthquake risk modeling”
Takeaways from State of the Map US 2019
MINNEAPOLIS — Spend enough time numbing your nates at tech conference keynotes and you’ll notice a few patterns. Start with a folksy approach. Sure there are hundreds… Read more “Takeaways from State of the Map US 2019”
Takeaways from the 2019 ESRI User Conference
SAN DIEGO — ArcMap was my first introduction to GIS and, in the better part of the next decade, the Arc suite of geospatial software made by… Read more “Takeaways from the 2019 ESRI User Conference”
Resiliency Maps: The view from San Francisco
You can spend most of your life in a city and still feel lost sometimes. That’s what I found out after moving from a quiet, fog-bound San… Read more “Resiliency Maps: The view from San Francisco”
Inside disaster training: Why it takes practice to make perfect
The fire chief cocked his head towards the radio clipped to his shoulder. “Everyone ready?” he asked, and then in a voice that just might have been… Read more “Inside disaster training: Why it takes practice to make perfect”
Takeaways from the Earthquake Safety Fair: Map literacy and the value of paper
SAN FRANCISCO — In the tech capital of the country, we’re promoting the use of paper maps. It sounds like a Luddite proposition but was a great… Read more “Takeaways from the Earthquake Safety Fair: Map literacy and the value of paper”
UN report calls OpenStreetMap “foundational” to disaster risk reduction
GENEVA — Some 4,000 people came from Canada to Vanuatu to figure out how to save lives and rebuild communities in the wake of floods, earthquakes, landslides… Read more “UN report calls OpenStreetMap “foundational” to disaster risk reduction”
Teaching kids disaster prep with Lego maps
GENEVA — Floods, earthquakes and landslides are definitely scary. So how do you make preparing for a life-threatening disaster child’s play? Just add Legos. A lot of… Read more “Teaching kids disaster prep with Lego maps”