After the Kaikoura Earthquake of 2016, a group of GIS Specialists in New Zealand agreed to meet here in Wellington to discuss best practices for using GIS for Emergency Management. On February 14th and 15th 2017 we will have our first workshop focused on the Wellington Region / Lower North Island.
The workshop will focus on the following objectives:
We think this will be a very productive and fun event with over 50 participants from National / Regional / Local government, the private sector, and not-for-profit organisations. Here is more information if you are interested in what will be discussed and the type of training we will be doing.
Agenda: http://arcg.is/2kj5OUj
Training Website (with free tutorials): http://bit.ly/NZGIS4EMTraining
Hopefully there will be more of these events to keep the Emergency Management GIS Community growing strong. Let us know if you think your Region would like to host a GIS for Emergency Management Workshop.
For those following along the New Zealand GIS for Emergency Management (nzgis4em) Community - here are some updates.
1) We have two more upcoming events - Auckland May 30-31, Christchurch June 22-23
2) The Training Website is continually updated http://bit.ly/NZGIS4EMPublic
3) The #survey123 app Tutorial is being updated with best practices developed during and after the Cyclone Cook deployment.
Download Survey123 tutorial here: Deploy the Earthquake Rapid Assessment Form with Survey123 for ArcGIS
Here are some template XLSForms using New Zealand examples:
MBIE Earthquake Assessment Form
MBIE Flood Rapid Assessment Form *NEW*
EMIS Welfare Needs Assessment Form *NEW*