On May 19th, two dams on Central Michigan’s Tittabawassee River failed after days of heavy rain inundated the area, forcing the evacuations of the towns of Edenville, Sanford, and Midland. NAPSG Foundation once again called on GISCorps to help map…
On April 12-13, a series of devastating tornadoes touched down across the Southeastern United States. Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina were particularly hard hit. On April 13, the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG) asked GISCorps to request…
Late on March 2 into the early morning of March 3, a series of devastating tornadoes touched down across Tennessee. On March 3, federal emergency managers contacted the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG) and GISCorps to request…
A series of earthquakes struck southwestern Puerto Rico the week of January 5, 2020, the largest registering at 6.4 magnitude. The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG) requested support from GISCorps & CEDR Digital Corps volunteers to mine…
Tropical Storm Dorian became a named storm on August 24th, battering the Windward and Leeward Islands of the Caribbean with strong winds and rains. Over the coming days, it strengthened to a Category 5 storm, and stalled over Grand Bahama…
Building on a series of successful collaborations in 2018, following Hurricanes Florence, Michael, and Barry, NAPSG Foundation, CEDR Digital Corps, and GISCorps continued to provide on-the-ground situational awareness to emergency managers and first responders in 2019 with the 2019 Hurricanes…
Hurricane Barry made landfall near Intracoastal City, Louisiana on the afternoon of July 13, 2019. While barely reaching Category 1 status, the slow moving storm impacted areas which have been under continual flood threat throughout recent months. Accessibility to low…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has embarked on a new pilot project that integrates crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence (AI) to support polio outbreak response activities in Papua New Guinea. WHO requested the assistance of GISCorps volunteers to support this effort…
Report by Dave Hansen, GISP The Esri software provided to me through the GIS Service Pledge program for 2018 was largely used in the support of the American Red Cross for a variety of programs. The American Red Cross had…
The Camp Fire burned 153,336 acres in Butte County, California, in November 2018. The fire destroyed almost 14,000 residences, over 500 commercial buildings, and over 400 other structures in and around the city of Paradise. In the days and weeks…