Oregon Emergency Management

Mapping Tech in Public Safety discusses the growth in GIS over the last 10 years. With the web and mobile apps paving the way for non-GIS professionals to have geographic data on their mobile devices at all times. Paper maps still have a role in GIS, but have rapidly decreased.  With the incr…

During COVID-19, we've seen an explosion of data come out of the woodwork and people exposing their data. As a data person, it's like Christmas. We get to just do things and be innovative and entrepreneurial, whether that's solving problems for hospitals or fire chiefs thinking about new thing…

Mapping Tech in Public Safety co-host Chris Rogers was quarantined due to the COVID-19. After responding to a job at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, Chris was exposed to the Coronavirus. Due to the exposure, the entire firehouse crew was affected. Chris discusses his experience being quarant…

Mapping Tech in Public Safety discuss the "Five steps to understand the potential impact COVID-19 can have on your organization and community" from ESRI's ArcGIS Hub website. Step 1 - Map the cases Step 2 - Map the spread Step 3 - Map vulnerable populations Step 4 - Map your capacity …