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Imagery For the Katrina Relief Effort

I asked Frost how many people are on the team and where they are located. He told met that the team consisted of "about 25 very gifted people all over the country who have come together to do image processing and GIS analysis." They log into the Center's computers and use its processing power and Internet connectivity. Frost describes the team's collaboration style as "stone soup."

New national center to assist governments with open source applications

"I think there is the realization of an open source approach, especially in the research and development areas of the DoD," Lucas said. "One of the buzzwords is that they need a transformational change. If you just look at the amount of money that's being spent, there's not going to be many advances made just because of the cost of systems, and so they're actively looking ... to change the equation. And certainly they consider that the use of open source technologies is potentially one of those transformational changes."

Katrina maps and photos via open source tools

Up-to-date maps and imagery are key to the rescue efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Armed with a handful of online mapping tools, plenty of enthusiasm and access to more data than most of us would know what to do with - a band of developers puts the data onto the web for all to see and use. It's available in a variety of formats, including web pages, an Active X viewer and the open standard web mapping services.

World Wind Central 2005 Hurricane Imagery Add-On

The 2005 Hurricane Imagery add-on is a re-write of the orignal Katrina Imagery Add-On (http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:Katrina_Data_Add-On), it now shows imagery for several 2005 hurricanes.. This imagery is pulled together and processed to help property owners, rescuers, government officials, and others get the information they need in an easy to use format.

DigitalGlobe's Satellite Imagery Supports Hurricane Katrina Relief

Source: DigitalGlobe DigitalGlobe's Satellite Imagery Supports Hurricane Katrina Relief Wednesday Oct 12, 02:05 PM PDT Imagery Maps Damage and Aids Reconstruction, Missing Persons Efforts

Katrina Imagery Warehouse: The Inside Story

Katrina Democratizes Geospatial Technology The Katrina event brought GIS and spatial technologies into the forefront of many people's minds. After the evacuation, tens of thousands of people were grasping for any information they could find about their homes and businesses.