Update 5: Multiple Geospatial Resources for the Haitian Earthquake Efforts

Throughout this past week, we’ve continue to add more resources on how the geospatial community is assisting the rescue efforts for the Haitian earthquake (*Updates):

Maps & Web Services

• USGS
• USGS Hazards Data Distribution System
• ERDAS Web Service (UPDATED Jan.22)
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Source: ReliefWeb)- Haiti population maps
• U.S. Army Geospatial Center

Satellite Imagery

• DigitalGlobe - WorldView-2 Imagery (free, but registration required)
• DigitalGlobe - Haiti Coverage map (pdf)
• GeoEye
• RapidEye
• Spot Image
  • *Spot’s Imagery coverage
• AEgis Technologies - 3D database
• NASA -  Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA’s Terra spacecraft captured this false color image of Haiti, on January 21, 2010
• MDA-Radarsat-2
• NOAA Imagery
  • KML File of NOAA Imagery
• NASA Airborne Imagery
• *Pictometry

Community Source mapping websites

• OpenStreetMap
• Google MapMaker
• CrisisCommons.org (Wiki)
• NationsOnline

Mapping Portals

• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) portal - UPDATED (Jan. 22) - NGA has analysts en route to Haiti in support of U.S. SOUTHCOM and Department of State. Deployed analysts will provide geospatial intelligence products and services. NGA has already provided hundreds of products to its SOUTHCOM and State partners. NGA remains committed to making as much information and as many products available as possible—e.g., imagery, terrain maps and others products and assessments—at the unclassified level for use by first responders and disaster response workers. NGA continues to add products to the NGA-earth.org Web site for their use.
• Ushahidi Network (in French)
• Bing Maps - Port-au-Prince
• Google - Lat Long Blog
• Google Earth - KML file
• GeoCommons (FortiusOne)
• Harvard Center for Earthquake Geospatial Research Portal (via @mattartz)
• Depiction’s web portal
• Carbon Project Blog - Streaming SDI data services
• Korem/MapWorkspace - Haiti Boundaries
• AND Mapping
  • AND data set of Haiti (free)
  • Online editable map
    

Onsite support:

• GISCorp - The UN has requested support
• MapAction - MapAction team members are on their way to Haiti
  • MapAction Building Damage Assessment
• ESRI - Imagery, maps and other resources
  • ESRI Video - Social Networking and Geo (YouTube)
• ESRI Blog - Accessing OpenStreetMap data within ArcGIS to support the Haiti Earthquake Response
• Immersive Media - Panoramic streetview videos taken by handheld device
• UN/Pan American Health Organization - Disaster Relief

Media

• Wall Street Journal - Good thematic of estimated damage by neighborhood
• USA Today - Map of earthquakes with more than 1000 deaths
• New York Times - Map showing magnitude of the disaster
• MSNBC
• Washington Post
• *The New Yorker Magazine
• *Fast Company - OSM report
• BBC
• *BBC Slideshow of volunteers mapping Haiti

Blog reports

• OpenGeoData
• Thinkwhere
• Google Earth Blog
• Geosquan
• Global Voices
• Po Ve Sham - Muki Haklay’s Blog - Haiti – further comparisons and the usability of geographic information in emergency situations
• Spatial Knowlege - OSM progress in Port-au-Prince (video).