Maps, Images, and Data for Responders and People Affected
Organizations supporting the 2005 hurricane efforts can access data, maps, images, and resources from the Geodata.gov—Hurricane Community. Categories include: Responder Resources, GIS Data, Public Interest, Map Gallery, and more.
Katrina Impact Assessment—cooperative effort with the NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR), the Naval Research Laboratory-Stennis (NRL), and the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi-Stennis.
Disaster Area Shelter Locator is an application that provides information such as address, capacity, population, and other descriptors available to both internal Red Cross staff as well as the public.
ReliefWeb provides information for relief workers worldwide, including maps of regional emergencies.
ORBIMAGE has before-and-after satellite images of Hurricane Katrina. The following images from September 2, 2005, show the damage in the New Orleans area.
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NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Hazards Map
Click on the storm symbols and scroll down the resulting page for a list of all images available. Images are updated frequently and include images of the impact of various storms.
NOAA Operational Significant Event Imagery (OSEI)
The Operational Significant Event Imagery team produces high-resolution, detailed imagery of significant environmental events which are visible in remotely-sensed data available at the NOAA Science Center in Suitland, Maryland.
USGS Coastal & Marine Geology Program
See maps, photos, and imagery and learn more about the impact of this season's destructive storms on the U.S. coast.
Hurricane Advisories and Response Information
Visit the U.S. National Weather Service's National Hurricane Center for storm advisories and updates.
FirstGov.gov has information about finding missing persons and getting help.
ESRI has provided access to Business Analyst Online for use by any economic development agency, urban and regional planning agency, trade association or interested party who wishes to examine the population demographics, housing, and businesses that existed in the Gulf Shores area.
Maps from GISCorps[PDF]—These informative maps from the volunteer GISCorps show
energy outages, road closures, and other important response information.
Videos
Hurricane Katrina storm track locations at 1/2 hour intervals from 5:00 p.m. on August 29, 2005 to 3:00 p.m. August 30, 2005. View demo: Windows Media[0:50]
FEMA flood damaged areas along the Mississippi coastline September 3, 2005. View demo: Windows Media[1:20]
New Orleans · September 3, 2005. View demo: Windows Media[4:50]
Image Gallery
Hurricane Katrina's path shown against a hillshade density map of warehouse and transportation establishments. Click to enlarge.
Hurricane Katrina's path shown against a density map of warehouse and transportation establishments. Click to enlarge.
Locations of transportation and warehouse facilities within 100 miles of New Orleans. Click to enlarge.
Hurricane Katrina estimated water depth September 2, 2005. Click to enlarge.
Pumping stations and levee breaches September 6, 2005. Click to enlarge.
Hurricane Katrina New Orleans flood map, LAGIC (Louisiana Geographic Information Center). Map Viewer
This image shows the Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis rainfall totals due to Hurricane Katrina for August 23–31, 2005. Learn more and view animations.
This map shows the maximum wind gusts of Hurricane Katrina at 6 hour intervals. Service provided via ArcWeb Services courtesy of ESRI and Meteorlogix. Click to enlarge.
Hurricane Katrina wind rings, path, and swath, at 7 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2005. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Click to enlarge.
Hurricane Katrina Aftermath, ORBIMAGE. The breakthrough of the levees in New Orleans, along Surekote Road and opposite to the Galvez St. Wharf. Click to enlarge.
DigitalGlobe, Biloxi Coast–Before Hurricane Katrina, April 12, 2005.
DigitalGlobe, Biloxi Coast–After Hurricane Katrina, August 31, 2005.
National Weather Service Advisory #18A, 7 p.m. CST, August 17, 2005. Click to enlarge.
Hurricane Katrina over New Orleans on August 29, 2005; a category 4 storm with winds of 135 miles per hour. NASA, Earth Observatory, Natural Hazards. Click to enlarge.
NOAA Satellite and Information Service Operational Significant Event Imagery (OSEI) Image of the Day, August 29, 2005. View today's image.
This map shows the probability, in percent, that Katrina will pass within 75 statute miles during 72 hours starting at 7:00 a.m. CDT August 29, 2005. View the current Tropical Cyclone Forecasts and Advisories from the National Weather Service, NOAA.
One of the featured images from NASA showing the 3-day average of warm sea surface temperatures (SSTs) that fueled the force of Hurricane Katrina. View NASA's Looking at Earth image gallery.
Image from ESRI Live Storm Tracker application on August 29, 2005. Service provided via ArcWeb Services courtesy of ESRI and Meteorlogix.
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