We make maps! But we are so much more. A key purpose of the GIS Health and Hazards Lab is to use mapping as a tool to solve real world problems. We have developed new ways to collect data in even the ...

Typical geologic investigations of active earthquake fault zones require that the fault can be observed at or near the Earth's surface. However, in urban areas, where faults present a direct hazard to ...

When volcanoes erupt, pinpointing the regions at high risk for lethal hazards and deciding whether or not to evacuate a resistant population comprise the most difficult problems faced by hazards ...

Florida has introduced an advanced GIS-based flood risk mapping tool that integrates rainfall, elevation, land use, and social vulnerability data to identify high-risk areas. The platform, supported ...

Laharz_py is written in the Python programming language as a suite of tools for use in ArcMap Geographic Information System (GIS).

Heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Helene triggered more landslides than state officials had seen in total in the two prior decades, the official in charge of mapping risk told a ...