Earthquake and Tsunami Support

ESRI (CA, USA) and its international distributors are supporting response to the recent Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster by working with government agencies and disaster relief organisations to provide GIS resources including software, spatial data warehousing and management, Web hosting, emergency response GIS applications etc. Software, temporary keycodes, technical support and other assistance are available within 24 hours of request. ESRI support includes locating, organising and building spatial datasets and spatial data libraries, creating static maps for download, making available online mapping services from Geography Network, meeting journalistic mapping needs with new content for MapShop and providing emergency software and temporary licensing. ESRI are also developing GIS emergency management applications to include damage assessment, infrastructure loss, displaced people, and other applications, and deploying ArcWeb Services for basemaps, mapping infrastructure before and after the event, and imagery. Organisations needing assistance can contact ESRI.