Maps, aerial photography, and satellite imagery have long played a significant role in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Over the past few years, our awareness of natural and human-made crises and disasters has increased dramatically through the growth of social media and the thrust of the 24-hour news cycle. YouTube images of civil unrest and tsunami destruction pervade our media. This dramatic increase in information flows has transformed the ways in which we map and visualize crises and created new ways to store, analyze, and present data for humanitarian response to, and prevention of, those disasters we can contain. This issue will explore current geospatial technology trends in crisis mapping with specific attention to application, education, and data management.
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