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In a humanitarian crisis, relief agencies need rapid answers to questions about 'where'. Where are the greatest needs? Where are the gaps that need to be filled?

MapAction works in disaster zones providing frequently updated situation maps showing where relief help is most urgently needed.

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Here disaster relief agencies can access free of charge maps from all current and previous MapAction deployments.

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Latest News

Tenth mission of 2009 for MapAction

MapAction’s tenth field mission of 2009 has started in El Salvador, in response to flooding and...

MapAction deploying to Sumatra

Following two earthquakes of 7.6 and 6.9 near the city of Padang on the Indonesian Island of...

GIS award for MapAction's work

MapAction was presented with the Humanitarian GIS Award by ESRI in San Diego in July.The award was...

Pakistan mission continues despite bombing

A MapAction team member in Pakistan had a lucky escape on the 9th June when she was caught in...

New GIS field guide

MapAction has published the first edition of its Field Guide to Humanitarian Mapping. The guide,...

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