Overview The PhotoMappers project is in its ninth year of providing situational awareness to federal, state, and local emergency managers through crowdsourced photo geolocation during disasters. As in past years, PhotoMappers continues to be a collaboration between GISCorps, NAPSG Foundation,…
Overview Back for a seventh year of providing situational awareness to federal, state, and local emergency managers, the PhotoMappers team got an early start to 2023 when a series of atmospheric rivers swamped most of California and a deadly tornado…
Succor Solutions is a long-term disaster relief and recovery organization, assisting and supporting nonprofit organizations, NGOs, Government Agencies, businesses and individuals working in post-disaster and vulnerable populations environments. Pamela Bond, a GISCorps volunteer in Idaho, was selected to perform a…
Overview Now in its sixth year of providing situational awareness to federal, state, and local emergency managers, the PhotoMappers team is responding to the 2022 hurricane season. PhotoMappers is an ongoing partnership between NAPSG Foundation, CEDR Digital Corps, and GISCorps;…
Overview Now in its fifth year of providing situational awareness to federal, state, and local emergency managers, the PhotoMappers team is responding to the 2021 hurricane season. PhotoMappers is an ongoing partnership between NAPSG Foundation, CEDR Digital Corps, and GISCorps;…
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…
During disasters, there are always animal issues in regards to mass care evacuation, animals unable to evacuate that need to be rescued, and pets in shelters waiting to be reunified with their owners. To date, there has been no standardized…
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…