Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist, Google - Google crisis response initiatives for floods, wildfires, and earthquakes

1. Ed Parsons
Geospatial Technologist
eparsons@google.com
@edparsons
Google Crisis Response
Update October 2021

4. Civilians First responders
Local authorities
SOS Alerts Public Alerts Research Philanthropy

5. SOS Alerts

6. In times of crisis, assembling
the most useful authoritative
information, and getting the
word out through Search,
Maps and Android
Notifications
Proprietary + Confidential
Search Maps
Android Notifications
Proprietary + Confidential
Google’s
SOS Alerts

7. SOS Alerts
Immediate response (<60min)
News, Maps, Emergency information
Authoritative information
Posts on Google for “Official updates”

8. Available in North America, Western
Europe, and East Asia
Hurricane forecast cones
What’s New
SOS Alerts

9. Available globally*
Earthquake Shake Maps
What’s New
Exception: Japan
SOS Alerts

10. In the coming months, we will launch
crisis-related navigation warnings to let
users know when their route may be
impacted.
Navigation
What’s New
SOS Alerts

11. Public Alerts

12. Public Alerts
CAP Feed
Automatized
Feeds into SOS Alerts

13. https://developers.google.com/public-alerts/

14. Research

16. Research
Digital Inundation Model
CWC + Google
Digital Inundation Model
Central Water Commission (CWC)

21. Philanthropy

22. Philanthropy
Funding of volunteers
Connectivity
Refugee aid programs
https://www.google.org/our-work/crisis-response/

23. crisisresponse.google/partnerships

24. Ed Parsons
Geospatial Technologist
eparsons@google.com
www.edparsons.com
@edparsons
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