On Line Disaster Response Community: People as Sensors of High Magnitude Disasters Using Internet GIS

On Line Disaster Response Community: People as Sensors of High Magnitude Disasters Using Internet GIS

The Indian Ocean tsunami (2004) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) reveal the coming of age of the on-line disaster response community. Due to the integration of key geospatial technologies (remote sensing - RS, geographic information systems - GIS, global positioning systems – GPS) and the Internet,...

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Main Authors: Kris Kodrich, Melinda Laituri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2008-05-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
disaster
internet GIS
Hurricane Katrina
tsunami
media
on-line
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/8/5/3037/

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