Hurricane Irene Geospatial Information Page Is Available

EPC SPECIAL NOTICE

In support of Minnesota corporations that may need geospatial information for their operations along the U.S. East Coast during, and after Hurricane Irene, a special information page devoted to the event is now available.

Look for it by clicking on the "Available GIS for Disasters" link in the right side bar.  Then click on "Hurricane Irene" in the left side bar of the site's Home page.  Alternately, click here to proceed directly.

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Next Quarterly Meeting of the EPC - September 8, 2011

Looking for something to do when the Minnesota State Fair is over, the kids are back in school - but the leaves are still somewhat attached to the trees?  Well, I've got just the answer:

The next Quarterly Meeting of the MnGeo Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC)! 

Highlights of the September 8th event:

• InfraGard P2CAT overview


• U.S. National Grid location marker update


• Twin Cities GECCo details


• And much, much more 


For event details, to include online participation information, go here.

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Registration Now Open for the 21st Annual MN GIS/LIS Fall Conference & Workshops

The MN GIS/LIS Fall Conference and Workshops registration opened on Wednesday, August 3rd.  Early registration ends on September 16th.

This year's event in St. Cloud will once again include the EPC promotional booth, and a variety of educational presentations on the use of geospatial technlogies for emergency response.  They include:

• Using GIS in Search and Rescue in a Natural Environment – Simon Morgan, Three Rivers Park District
• Deploying Next Generation 9-1-1: GIS needs from a State Perspective – Dan Falbo, ESRI; Jackie Mines, ECN-DPS
• MNDOT and Counties Team up to Crowd-source Emergency Events – Sonia Dickerson, MN DOT
• Carver County Flood Mapping: Quick and Efficient Map Updates for Road Closures – Chad Riley, Carver County
• Next Generation GIS and 2011 Floods: A review and next steps – Dan Falbo, ESRI; John Blood, HSEM; Kay Anderson, Cass County; Paul Weinberger, MNDOT; Jim Bunning, Scott County; Pete Henschel, Carver County
It is particularily heartening to see two members of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety involved in these presentations for the first time: Jackie Mines and John Blood.  Please be sure to give them a warm welcome to the conference and attend their events if you can!  Full agenda and registration information can be found here.

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Minnesota Geospatial Services Links

All,
A temporary site showing active geospatial links that may be of value to you during the Minnesota State government shutdown has just been activated.  To access it, use the link directly above the EPC symbol to the right.  Additions and corrections can be sent to mngeoepc01@gmail.com.
Steve

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MnGeo Services During State Government Shutdown

MnGeo status of services as known at this time:

• The MnGeo Image Server has been left running for emergency response purposes.  A backup to the MnGeo Image Server has been installed and is operational on an alternate site in the event it is needed.
• All other services have been turned off.
Geocoder:

• Efforts are underway to have an alternate geocoder service in place by the end of the week.  Details will be published here when available.
If you have corrections or details you would like to add to this post, please use the post comment feature, or send to mngeoepc01@gmail.com.

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June 9, 2011 EPC Meeting Presentations Are Now Available

The Power Point presentations from the June 9, 2011, EPC meeting are now available by using the appropriate links in the right hand column.  You will find there:

• The administrative meeting presentation covering a wide variety of snippets related to the EPC.
• Snap Shot presentation on HAZUS-MN, by Kitty Hurley.  An outstanding piece that will help you gain better understanding of how to use this geospatial tool to save your community BIG money.
• Four excellent USGS presentations made available to us by Brenda Jones's visit to the EPC.  In them you will find lots of information about imagery capabilities that can be made available to your community response team during a disaster.
The presentations play best if you use the "Start Slide Show" feature found on the menu bar immediately above a presentation when it first opens.  Although there is no audio available for these presentations - there is a great deal of information that is visually available on the slides.

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