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Beyond safeguarding the immediate welfare of its residents, the city\u2019s use of GIS to quickly document losses enabled residents to receive federal aid as rapidly as possible, thus ensuring their long-term well-being.\r\n\r\nUsing RC View, the American Red Cross gives its organization\u2014from its directors to its volunteers\u2014access to the GIS technology that helps it so effectively deliver services to victims of disasters. Using GIS, the Red Cross can understand and respond to crises by determining what will be needed and where it will be needed.\r\n\r\nGIS has been instrumental in addressing a slower moving but no less serious crisis that has been developing along the margins of cities in the United States. GIS is being used by cities to mitigate the impacts of the encampments of thousands of homeless people. It is also helping government workers connect homeless people with services that can improve their lives.\r\n\r\nTeachers are extending and expanding the capacity of GIS to improve outcomes in the future. By incorporating spatial thinking into curriculums, they are challenging students to explore issues in their communities, gather and analyze data, and use the information produced to come up with new solutions. Students recognize the value of these problem-solving skills. 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