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General Resources

9/13/2005 10:37:00 AM Geospatial One-Stop Quick Guide: Publishing Hurricane Katrina-related Online Data and Applications
In response to Dept. Assistant Secretary Scott Cameron’s call for participation, the Geospatial One-Stop publication team requests your assistance in supporting the Hurricane Katrina Community at geodata.gov (http://gos2.geodata.gov/).  More....

9/9/2005 10:40:00 AM AAG Establishes Geography Support Clearinghouse and Special Fund to Help Rebuild Geography Depts
In order to respond to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and assist our fellow geographers and others in need, the AAG is organizing an online clearinghouse and establishing a fund to support geography departments and others impacted by the storm.  More....

9/8/2005 8:54:00 AM Hurricane Katrina: Picking Up The Pieces- A Guide to Resources
Univeristy Libraries of Mississppi State University has established a site with resource links for the Hurricane Katrina victims.  More....

GIS Jobs

9/12/2005 2:38:00 AM Visiting MS GIS faculty, University of Redlands
The MS GIS program at the University of Redlands is seeking a 10 month visiting faculty member to cover some courses until our new tenure track position starts next fall.   More....

9/9/2005 9:37:00 AM Geographers at CIA
Full Time Geographers ( salary $68,000 to $80,000 ) sought to apply skills and training in geography and/or related disciplines (GIS, cartography, geology, remote sensing, photogrammetry, imagery analysis, etc) at the CIA Map Library, Washington DC metropolitan area.  More....

9/8/2005 9:06:00 AM POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS
Texas companies/surveyors/managers who've offered to hire displaced surveyors and survey personnel left unemployed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  More....

9/8/2005 8:04:00 AM Online Web for GIS jobs recently posted
INDEED Web posts numerous GIS opportunities across the USA with a search by zipcode.   More....

9/8/2005 7:56:00 AM Over 300 GIS jobs posted at DICE web following Hurricane
Significant listing of new jobs in the GIS and related fields posted since Hurricane Katriina.  More....

GIS Software and Applications

9/8/2005 8:35:00 AM Location-Specific Katrina Information Reported on Google Map
Using Google's map technology two software engineers have created a map website that people affected by Hurricane Katrina are using to provide information about what is happening where they are.  More....

9/8/2005 7:50:00 AM orbitgis.com Provides Free Software for Katrina Relief
September 1st, 2005 – ORBIT GIS Technologies provides a free software bundle for Hurricane Katrina response.   More....

Maps and Data

9/14/2005 5:24:00 AM US Census data for the gulf states - moderate and high resolution grids available
Publicly available moderate and high resolution grid of US census dat for the gulf states from CIESIN (SEDAC).  More....

9/12/2005 10:00:00 AM LSU World Health Organization Collaborating Center's link to satellite imagery of affected areas
In an effort to inform the public and other agencies, this website will begin updating pertinent satellite imagery of the affected areas in non-GIS formats as they become available.  More....

9/12/2005 12:52:00 PM OrbView-3 imagery of Gulf Coast
ORBIMAGE Inc. collected new imagery on 9/10/05 of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast with its high resolution satellite OrbView-3.  More....

9/9/2005 11:08:00 AM Monitor the Effect of Hurricane Katrina As It Moves Inland
A map of real-time streamflow shows what’s happening to streams in your local area and the places most affected by heavy rains expected from this storm.  More....

9/9/2005 11:06:00 AM Elevation Data
5m resolution lidar data for the area shown in blue. This data has been incorporated into the NED 1/3-arc second layer (resampled to 10m), and is available for download.  More....

9/9/2005 11:01:00 AM Hurricane Katrina Aftermath: USGS Landsat 7 Satellite Images
Before and after Hurricane Katrina. The after shot was taken at 10:30 a.m., just a couple of hours after the 17 St canal leeve failed. You can see the perpendicular line in the image with the green to the left and the emerging blue water to the right. You can download the high resolution image from the EROS Data Center site.  More....

9/9/2005 10:56:00 AM Before and After Photos Depicting Hurricane Katrina Impacts
View aerial photos from the northern Gulf of Mexico coastline showing before and after conditions in response to Hurricane Katrina. The comparisons show the nature and magnitude of the coastal changes as a result of beach erosion, overwash deposition, and island breaching.   More....

9/8/2005 8:19:00 AM GIS, Maps and Katrina - Sept 8
Coverge of mapping, GIS and geospatial technologies on Sept 8. posted by Adena Schutzberg  More....

9/8/2005 8:16:00 AM New Orleans Flood Depth Map
Click on this Google Maps based app from C & C Technologies and get an approximate water level at that location.  More....

9/8/2005 11:06:00 AM NOAA Hurricane Katrina IMages
The imagery posted on this site is of the Gulf coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.  More....

9/8/2005 11:04:00 AM Aerial and Satellite Images of Disaster Locations
GlobeXplorer is providing the following aerial and satellite images of the disaster locations as a free service for members of news organizations and general Internet users.   More....

9/7/2005 4:34:00 AM ESRI Hurrican Resources
Hurricane Katrina maps, data, images from ESRI, with links to other sites as well.  More....

Press Coverage

9/12/2005 12:50:00 PM NASA facilities affected by Katrina
NASA Update To Katrina Aftermath  More....

9/9/2005 11:24:00 AM Katrina victims at risk of ID theft
Birth certificates and other sensitive documents left among the waterlogged debris of Hurricane Katrina could put the storm's victims at heightened risk for identity theft, experts said on Thursday.   More....

9/8/2005 8:33:00 AM USGS Provides Geospatial Technology to Assist in the Hurricane Katrina
Provides Crucial Technology to Help Save Stranded Victims of Hurricane Katrina ... USGS uses GIS to help locate 911 calls in the aftermath of Hurricane ...  More....

9/8/2005 8:26:00 AM Katrina’s effects on shipping analyzed
Established shipping lanes in gulf region prior to Hurricane Katrina: This Geographic Information System (GIS) map, generated by University of Delaware.   More....

9/8/2005 8:22:00 AM Geospatial Technology Offers Katrina Response Much, Delivers Some
Directions Media staff evaluate the positives and negatives in geospatial (and other) data availability and coordination related to Hurricane Katrina. Why wasn't the city of New Orleans' GIS data imm ...  More....

9/8/2005 11:08:00 AM Military, Civilian Satellite Tools Help In Hurricane Response
By Leonard David, Senior Space Writer, posted: 04 September 2005 12:11 pm ET BOULDER, Colorado -- The horrific tragedy spurred by Hurricane Katrina is being gauged by an array of both military and commercial satellite, as well as aerial sensors.  More....

9/7/2005 4:19:00 AM The Role of GIS in Response to Hurricane Katrina
Overview article by Susan Smith of GISCafe weekly online magazine with excellent resourcs  More....

Research Opportunities

9/7/2005 NSF SGER Call for Proposals
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: In light of the recent hurricane Katrina, the Human and Social Dynamics priority area (HSD) announces that it will accept Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) proposals.  More....