Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Resources

 

General Information

• GIS for Disaster Management 
• Disaster Response: GIS for Public Safety
• Applying GIS in an International Humanitarian Crisis  (publication)
• Confronting Catastrophe: A GIS Handbook  (publication)

Maps, News, and Geographic Information

• Humanitarian Information Centers 
• ReliefWeb by UNOCHA
• RESPOND 
• Reuter's AlertNet 

Tools from the United States Government

• CATS by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
• HAZUS by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Resources related to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

• GIS supports Indian Ocean Tsunami Relief 
• Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) Tsunami website 

NGOs working with GIS

• Vietnam Veterans Action Forum 
• MapAction 
• GISCorps