The center of Hurricane Sandy is currently at 37.5 N and 71.5 W. It is predicted to make landfall near the Southern New Jersey coast this evening or tonight (NOAA). Listed in this post are a few of the interactive Hurricane Sandy maps that are available now. The greatest thing about all these maps? Near to real time updating! Maps like these make a huge difference for all those involved or watching from elsewhere in the world. Stay safe everyone.
The New York Times hurricane map has been lauded during past storms for being one of the easiest to understand interactive maps. It only has three layer choices (map, satellite, radar), and these choices are not presented to us in the usual GIS fashion. Instead of layer names with checkboxes, the three layer choices are presented as clickable icons.
The Google Crisis Map has channeled GIS design by incorporating a multitude of layer choices, all presented with check boxes. While I believe this could have been presented better, there are many people who appreciate this approach for its wealth of information.
Con Edison gives us a map of power outages in New York City. This one also has the similar-to-a-GIS feel, but we are nevertheless impressed with the fact that we have any information on this subject in real-time.
Similarly, National Grid also has put up a power outage map for its customers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
A comprehensive overview of the path and several other map layers can be found at Weather Underground.
Here is a gas infrastructure map showing refineries, wholesale fueling stations, and pipelines in Hurricane Sandy’s path.
Here is another great one from The New York Times: New York City Evacuation Zones. This reminds me of a recent NYC crisis map with evacuation zones delineated — it was in PDF. This interactive one is a huge step forward.
In this webmap, Esri provides us with a map of the evacuation zones in New York City as well as some social media layers telling us the density of mentions via Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube.
Esri also provides us with an entire map gallery devoted to interactive Hurricane Sandy maps created by ArcGIS Online users.
Keep an eye on the hint.fm wind map for a visualization of wind patterns in the storm’s path.
Others?
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