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Hazard and Evacuation Map Now Available for Hurricane Irma Affected Areas

Press Release | Mapbox | September 10, 2017

Mapbox has published a new map to give residents and officials in Florida the most up-to-date information on the areas with the highest risk of hazardous materials in flood waters. The most up-to-date map can be found here and includes a list of shelters, power plants, chemical plants, solid waste facilities, evacuation routes and evacuation zones...

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OpenStreetMap Community Helps With Nepal Earthquake Response

By Andrew Wiseman, and Pierre Béland | May 20, 2015

Since the devastating earthquake in Nepal, there have been responses from all over the world from relief agencies, governments, non-profits, and ordinary citizens. One interesting effort has been from the crowdsourced mapping community, especially on OpenStreetMap.org, a free and open web map of the world that anyone can edit (think the Wikipedia of maps.) Read More »