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GIS and Storm Damage Assessment

Weather Geeks

English - November 10, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 159 ratings
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Guest: Ryan Lanclos


Introduction:

    When disasters strike, emergency responders and government agencies must act quickly, but large-scale events make it difficult to determine where resources should be allocated first.  Technological advances in Geographic Information Systems, or GIS, have helped improve disaster responses across the globe and become an invaluable way to process data.  Today we’re joined by Ryan Lanclos, Director of Public Safety Solutions at Esri, who will share how GIS is being used to supplement a variety of natural and man-made disasters. Plus, we’ll discuss other GIS applications that are used in our everyday lives, even though we may have taken it for granted... 

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