[Esip-disasters] GoToMeeting Thursday March 31 @ 1pmPDT/4pmEDT

[Bob Chen]

Karen et al.--

Following up on my announcement at the end of yesterday's call, here 
is the direct link to the HazPop iOS app now available through the 
iTunes Store:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hazards-population-mapper/id1092168898?mt=8

You can also find it just by searching on "Hazard Population". It is 
designed for both iPhones and iPads.

The app displays population, infrastructure, and hazard-related data, 
allows users to submit a simple populaton query, and supports location 
services on the mobile device. We are considering this a "soft" launch 
while we iron out some issues, wait for the MODIS AOD data stream to 
be restored, and upgrade the pop estimation service to our latest 
gridded population data.

So we encourage you to try this out and give us lots of feedback!

Cheers, Bob

*****
Dr. Robert S. Chen
Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network
  (CIESIN), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Manager, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
tel. +1 845-365-8952; fax +1 845-365-8922
e-mail: bchen at ciesin.columbia.edu
CIESIN web site: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu
SEDAC web site: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu


On Mon, 28 Mar 2016, MOE, KAREN (GSFC-407.0)[EMERITUS] via Esip-disasters wrote:

> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:02:12 +0000
> From: "MOE, KAREN (GSFC-407.0)[EMERITUS] via Esip-disasters"
>     <esip-disasters at lists.esipfed.org>
> Reply-To: "MOE, KAREN (GSFC-407.0)[EMERITUS]" <karen.moe at nasa.gov>
> To: ESIP Disasters <esip-disasters at lists.esipfed.org>
> Cc: Sean Barberie <srbarberie at alaska.edu>,
>     Phil Beilin <PBeilin at walnut-creek.org>
> Subject: [Esip-disasters] GoToMeeting Thursday March 31 @ 1pmPDT/4pmEDT
> 
> Our monthly meeting (just for April, it’s moved from 1st Thursday to 5th Thursday of March):
> 
> Disaster Lifecycle
> WhenThu, March 31, 4pm – 5pm eastern
> DescriptionPlease join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
> https://www.gotomeeting.com/join/691265765 You can also dial in using your phone. United States:
> +1 (872) 240-3311 Access Code: 691-265-765
> more details»  copy to my calendar
> 
> Our GoToMeeting agenda focuses on Goal 2 of our strategic plan: 
>             Goal 2: Strengthen the ties between observations and user communities
>             (e.g. technologies, research, education and applications)
> Relevant Themes: Organizational Development / Communications / Community Engagement
> Specific Objective: Identify and apply ES data to decision makers for use in
> (planning, adaptation, situ)
> 
> 
> Agenda:
>  *  Invited discussion with Phil Beilin, IT Lead for the CA Earthquake Clearinghouse, on related
>     experience in engaging the disasters response community regarding disasters data products
>     and services
>  *  Report from Dave Jones on recent meeting with AHC (All Hazards Consortium) regarding
>     datasets for disasters management
>  *  Review our 2016 update to the Disasters Life Cycle cluster strategic plan
>  *  Preparations for 2016 ESIP Summer Meeting, July 19-22, UNC at Chapel Hill, NC. Session draft
>     submitted
>
>     Transforming Earth Sciences Big Data into Actionable Products for Disaster Applications Part
>     1 & Part 2
> 
> As part of the ESIP focus on updating  esipfed.org about ESIP's committees and clusters, I
> provided the following draft for our cluster:
> 
> The purpose of the ESIP Disaster Lifecyle Cluster is to facilitate connections and coordinate
> efforts among data providers, managers and developers of disaster response systems and tools,
> and end-user communities within ESIP. The cluster has developed and exercised a
> Geo-Collaboration Testbed to evaluate disaster-related data products and engage
> emergency management information users, with an end goal of developing trusted data products as
> well as disaster information services. Cluster members have identified selected end-user
> collaborators (beyond ESIP) to provide insights to their information needs and challenges in
> providing disaster-related services. In addition to refining the testbed evaluation process, the
> cluster is considering what an ESIP-branded trusted product criteria will entail. 
> 
> This is just a start and we may want to refine and augment to tie it to the ESIP Strategic
> Plan. 
> 
> Best regards,
> Karen and Dave, co-Chairs
> 
> 
>