Social Sciences, Public Safety, Information Technology and GIS

The Center of Operations (COR) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil monitors the daily activity of the city and potential crisis situations including traffic, major events and natural disasters. Google Maps for Business is a critical tool for COR to coordinate the activities of more than 89,500 public employees and better serve Rio's citizens.

Learn more www.google.com/enterprise/mapsearth/

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O Centro de Operações do Rio de Janeiro (COR) monitora a atividade diária da cidade e situações de crise em potencial, incluindo o trânsito, grandes eventos e desastres naturais. Google Maps for Business é uma ferramenta essencial para o COR coordenar as atividades de mais de 89.500 funcionários públicos e melhor servir os moradores da cidade.

Found out about this really cool GIS Organization called "Deer Creek GIS"

Source:

http://www.deercreekgis.com/statement-of-qualifications/

"About Deer Creek GIS
Deer Creek GIS provides mapping and media design services to inform modern land management. We believe that while everybody looks out through their own political lens, there is only one physical reality – the conditions on the ground. We use technology, storytelling, photos, and maps to bridge the divides, bringing people to the table with a common frame of reference.

History
Deer Creek GIS was founded in 2011 by Erika and Zeke Lunder. Zeke has been involved with land management and mapping since 1990, when he worked as a seasonal forestry tech on the Lassen National Forest. A love of working outside, maps, and art turned into a geography degree and a career in wildfire, digital mapping, and web design. In the last 20 years, Mr. Lunder has worked on mapping projects across most of the Western States, in Alaska, and New Zealand.

From 2000-2010, Mr. Lunder managed NorthTree GIS – a division of NorthTree Fire International. During this decade, Mr. Lunder’s division provided over 45,000 hours of onsite emergency GIS consulting to government agencies and private clients. In January 2011, NorthTree Enterprises reorganized and closed their GIS division. We learned a lot working there, and carry forth their vision: Give knowledgable people quality equipment, maintain an ethical business, and you will get an exceptional product.

Some past GIS projects that Deer Creek staff have worked on:

Sacramento River Tributaries Projects 1998-2000
CSU, Chico Research Foundation
Provided GIS and GPS mapping support to CALFED-funded projects including wildland road erosion assessments, wildfire and fuels management planning, and the development of watershed existing conditions reports for the Big Chico, Butte, and Deer Creek Watersheds. Tasks included oblique aerial photography, map editing, landowner outreach, and public speaking on watershed issues in Butte and Tehama Counties, California. General emphasis was on evaluating current conditions and assessing potential threats to water quality and salmonid fisheries in foothill watersheds between Battle Creek and the Feather River.

McNabney Marsh Vegetation Mapping Project – 2011
Client: Mountain View Sanitary District
Used current Infrared aerial photography and field botany data to create a vegetation map for a 200 acre marsh in Martinez, CA. Conducted accuracy assessments, rectified aerial imagery to map-scale, and wrote a discussion in final report.

Westwood Millsite Reuse Survey – 2011
Client: Mountain Meadows Conservancy
Used 1941 and current aerial photography to design a poster showing the locations of buildings and facilities at the historic Westwood, CA, Mill Site, and current conditions. This work and our aerial photography accompanied a report that developed strategies to remediate potential pollution at the site, and convert the property to a more beneficial use."

Please, visit their website for full details:

http://www.deercreekgis.com/statement-of-qualifications/