Stories of Loss Several years ago, Esri started a “Celebrating Lost Loved Ones” application to pay tribute to those lost to the opioid epidemic. Now, as countless lives are being lost to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the idea…
In America: Remember, an art installation created by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg resulted in planting over 700,000 white flags - each honoring an American who has died from COVID-19. Thousands visited this immense field of flags on the National Mall, in…
October 2021 Update GISCorps closed out the COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Sites mapping mission on October 15, 2021. The COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Sites Data Creation project was originally expected to last a few weeks, but ended up extending to more than 18 months. Around 300…
2024 Update: The 2024 #PhotoMappers Admin team included Jonathan Clementi, Brad Fisher, Mackenzie Fox, Hannah Gonzales, John Haddad, Hannah Larsen, Keith Johnson, Emilie Pratt, Jason San Souci, and Dacey Zelman-Fahm. Erin Arkison, Holly Torpey, and Katie Picchione continue as the GISCorps Disaster…
On October 28th, Hurricane Zeta became the 5th named storm to strike Louisiana in 2020. Zeta reached land as a strong Category 2 storm coming onshore at Cocodrie, LA. The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG) requested support…
Hurricane Delta, the 7th named storm of the 2020 Gulf storm season, made landfall early evening on Friday, October 9, near Creole, Louisiana. Delta reached land as a Category 2 storm, with 100 mph winds, just 15 miles east of…
Hurricane Sally was the 18th named storm in the 2020 Atlantic Season, forming over the Bahamas in Early September. The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG) requested support from GISCorps Volunteers for the long-standing Disaster Crowdsource Photos effort…
Hurricane Laura became the first major hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic storm season as it trekked across the Gulf of Mexico towards the Louisiana/Texas border. The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG) requested support from GISCorps volunteers for…
Hurricane Isaias was the second hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic storm season. The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG) requested support from GISCorps volunteers for the long-standing Disaster Crowdsource Photos effort, to provide situational awarness to emergency managers. While the storm…
GISCorps volunteers contributed to this project by creating polygons of parking lots that are visible from space and indicative of human activity level changes. The project is using the volunteers’ products to track the temporal variation of such human activity over the polygons.