October 30, 2012
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Hurricane Sandy brought along a need for another crowdsourced, Crisiscamp type effort to support & coordinate response work. After being..
October 5, 2012
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CrisiscampGalwayGlobal CommunityHaitiInternet Relay ChatIrelandLondonUnited Nations
The second Irish Crisiscamp took place last Saturday, September 29th in the 091Labs building in Galway. The choice of venue proved to be..
September 25, 2012
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The following presentations from the 2012 Homeland Security Summit are worth viewing: Enhancing Information Sharing through Geospatial and Data Services EQUIS..
September 25, 2012
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ArcGISFrederick CountyGeographic information systemGIS
A digital map applicationhas revolutionized the way emergency responders are finding locations in rural areas of Frederick County, Va. The county’s..
September 7, 2012
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Researchers at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the University of California-Irvin are currently participating in a project..
August 12, 2012
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The Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has developed Twitcident, a framework and Web-based system for filtering, searching and analyzing..
July 29, 2012
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CampusCommand centeriPodUniversity of North Carolina at CharlotteWi-Fi
Charlotte PD recently tested a new emergency response app which runs on an Ipod and which tracks peoples location using..
July 29, 2012
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Over on the Emergency Management website I came across this excellent article by Patrice Cloutier. By Patrice Cloutier In the..