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MapAction to present to GIS professionals |
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
 More than 2,000 GIS professionals are expected to hear MapAction present on its work in disaster response at an international conference in October. The GIS software business ESRI is holding its Europe, Middle East and Africa in London. ESRI UK donates its software , and provides training facilities, to MapAction’s volunteer team.
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
 MapAction is assisting the NGO Mines Advisory Group (www.maginternational.org) in its operations in Angola. Two MapAction volunteers travelled to eastern Angola to train MAG personnel in the use of GIS to enhance the efficiency and safety of demining work in one of the most mine-affected areas of the world. (Picture ©MAG 2008)
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Putting Lesotho aid projects on the map |
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
 MapAction has assisted the Lesotho-based NGO Sentebale to produce an online map showing locations of aid projects helping orphans and vulnerable children across the country. The interactive map allows selective viewing of various types of projects and resources with links to Sentabale's database of projects run by a wide range of organisations. (Picture: Sentebale)
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
 The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck central China on 12 May has caused at least 40,000 deaths. A MapAction team was placed on standby to deploy if China requested international assistance for coordination. Meanwhile a reference map of the affected area was produced within 24 hours by MapAction and can be downloaded - click here.
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
 Tropical cyclone Nargis which struck Myanmar on 2 May reportedly caused over 100,000 deaths and made 2.4 million homeless. MapAction emergency mappers have been deployed to Bangkok and Myanmar. (Picture: Reuters Alertnet) Click here for Myanmar maps.
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GIS training for Indian NGO |
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
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 Two MapAction volunteers have completed a project to provide GIS know-how to the NGO Chirag based in the Indian Himalayas. Chirag's team are now equipped to use GPS in conjunction with free GIS software tools to track their reforestation programmes that deliver social, environmental and disaster risk reduction benefits. (Picture: MapAction)
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Times Atlas mapping for disaster response |
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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
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 In the first hours and days of a humanitarian crisis, good reference maps of the affected region are always in demand. MapAction can now produce these rapidly, using data from the authoritative Times Atlas of the World. The publishers, Collins Bartholomew, have agreed to provide their data free of charge to MapAction for use in emergencies. (Map detail copyright Collins Bartholomew)
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Learn about MapAction missions using Google Earth |
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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 Anyone with Google Earth installed on their computer can now click here to view all MapAction's disaster relief and capacity buiilding field missions since 2003. Each icon has details of the deployment and a direct link to the maps produced during the mission. More features and services for Google Earth users will be added soon.
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