Google Lat Long: crisis response

Responding to the severe flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia

January 17, 2013

Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog and the Google.org Blogresource pagemobile pageenhanced search results on google.co.idFreeZoneEnglishBahasa Indonesia

Posted by Alice Bonhomme-Biais, Software Engineer, Google Crisis Response

New Crisis Response map features storm information for Typhoon Pablo (Bopha)

December 3, 2012

Cross-posted on The Official Google.org BlogTyphoon PabloEnglishFilipinoPablo site

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New Crisis Response maps feature preparedness information for Hurricane Sandy

October 28, 2012

Update Nov. 1, 2012:http://goo.gl/mwIb4Hurricane Sandy View larger map

Location tracking, including the hurricane’s current and forecasted paths, courtesy of the NOAA-National Hurricane Center

Public alerts, including evacuation notices, storm warnings, and more, via weather.gov and earthquake.usgs.gov

Radar and cloud imagery from weather.com and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Evacuation information and routes

Shelters and recovery centers will appear as they become operational

Storm footage and storm-related YouTube videos, curated by Storyful

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Tropical Storm Isaac: Crisis Response map for projected path and preparedness information

August 27, 2012

(Cross-posted on the Google.org Blog.)
Update 9/3/2012: We've just added NOAA’s post-Isaac imagery of New Orleans, Slidell and more to the Hurricane Isaac map.Tropical Storm Isaac map

Isaac’s current location and projected path, courtesy of the NOAA-National Hurricane Center

Weather updates and data, including radar and cloud imagery from weather.com and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Evacuation information and routes

Shelter and recovery centers locations

Storm-related YouTube videos, including many curated by Storyful

Floods in the Philippines: Google Person Finder, landing page with emergency information

August 7, 2012

FilipinoEnglish Person Finder

We’re also able to share a map showing the locations of shelters and the extent of the flood, with real-time information from Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards):

View in a larger size. This map will continue to be updated with additional information.
Posted by Aileen Apolo, on behalf of Google APAC and the Google Crisis Response team

U.S. Wildfires: New Google Crisis Map, Colorado imagery and more

June 29, 2012

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U.S. Wildfires map showing the perimeter of the fire near Colorado Springs. View larger map.
New satellite imagery captured by DigitalGlobe on Thursday. View larger map.Google Earththis KML filethis formPosted by Pete Giencke,

Hosting a ‘Big Tent’ in Sendai, Japan on the role of technology when disaster strikes

June 8, 2012

turning to the websocial media

Families in Japan turning to person finder to locate loved ones feared lost;

Volunteers establishing SMS services and using crowdsourcing tools to collect information after the Haiti earthquake and engage the diaspora;

First responders using digital maps to coordinate efforts to provide medical care;

Students in New Zealand using social networks to form a volunteer army after the Christchurch earthquake; and

Online volunteer communities self-organizing to provide emergency crisis-mapping services around the world.

‘Big Tent’ event in Sendai, Japan on 2 July

Margareta Wahlström, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction;

Will Rogers of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies;

James Kondo, President of Twitter Japan;

Members of Google’s Crisis Response team, and many more.

we’ve already learned a great dealherePosted by Nigel Snoad, Crisis Response Product Manager(Cross-posted on the European Public Policy, Lat Long and Japan blogs)

Responding to the severe flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia

New Crisis Response map features storm information for Typhoon Pablo (Bopha)

New Crisis Response maps feature preparedness information for Hurricane Sandy

Tropical Storm Isaac: Crisis Response map for projected path and preparedness information

Floods in the Philippines: Google Person Finder, landing page with emergency information

U.S. Wildfires: New Google Crisis Map, Colorado imagery and more

Hosting a ‘Big Tent’ in Sendai, Japan on the role of technology when disaster strikes

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