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Pointing aid in the right direction |
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 In a humanitarian crisis, relief agencies need rapid answers to questions about ‘where’. Where are the greatest needs? Where are the gaps that need to be filled?
Aid that ends up in the wrong place is of no use in relieving human suffering. MapAction’s work in disaster zones multiplies the efficiency of emergency response. We do this by highlighting, on frequently updated situation maps, the places where relief help is most urgently needed. Read more...
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Atlantic storms devastate Haiti |
 Hurricane Ike and other tropical storms have brought devastating flooding affecting 600,000 people in Haiti and devastating the northern city of Gonaïves. To support humanitarian relief coordination, MapAction despatched an emergency mapping team. Click here for Haiti maps. (Picture: American Red Cross)
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 MapAction is assisting the NGO Mines Advisory Group (www.maginternational.org) in its operations in Angola. Two MapAction volunteers travelled to eastern Angola to train MAG personnel in the use of GIS to enhance the efficiency and safety of demining work in one of the most mine-affected areas of the world. (Picture ©MAG 2008)
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 Tropical cyclone Nargis which struck Myanmar on 2 May reportedly caused over 100,000 deaths and made 2.4 million homeless. MapAction emergency mappers were deployed to Bangkok and Myanmar. (Picture: Reuters Alertnet) Click here for Myanmar maps.
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GIS training for Indian NGO |
 Two MapAction volunteers have completed a project to provide GIS know-how to the NGO Chirag based in the Indian Himalayas. Chirag's team are now equipped to use GPS in conjunction with free GIS software tools to track their reforestation programmes that deliver social, environmental and disaster risk reduction benefits. (Picture: MapAction)
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MapAction to present to GIS professionals |
 More than 2,000 GIS professionals are expected to hear MapAction present on its work in disaster response at an international conference in October. The GIS software business ESRI is holding its Europe, Middle East and Africa in London. ESRI UK donates its software , and provides training facilities, to MapAction’s volunteer team.
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Learn about MapAction missions using Google Earth |
 Anyone with Google Earth installed on their computer can now click here to view all MapAction's disaster relief and capacity buiilding field missions since 2003. Each icon has details of the deployment and a direct link to the maps produced during the mission. More features and services for Google Earth users will be added soon.
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