WORLD/GLOBAL NATURAL HAZARDS MAPPING RESOURCES
Global Resources
WMO - World Meteorological Organization.
WMO Natural Hazards -hazards information & links.
WMO Members -list of member states / nations of the WMO with links to their respective agency meteorological or hydrometeorological organisations.
Global Volcanism Program - Information on volcanoes worldwide compiled by Smithsonian Institute Volcanologists.
Reuters Alertnet Map Catalogue -Alertnet's naturals hazards and disaster maps center. Alertnet Home.
PDC Natural Hazards & Vulnerabilites Atlas: Global -Pacific Disaster Center Hazards Atlas: Global Edition. An interactive hazard map viewer for the world. PDC home.
NOAA Natural Hazards Viewer -an interactive world hazard map viewer. Includes basemap, worldwide earthquake, tsunami, and volcano, observing stations, DART buoys, tsunami tide guages, bathymetry, and population layers.
NASA Earth Observatory Hazards Page - Worldwide satellite natural hazards related imagery.
OneGeology -project to increase Geologic / Geographic data availability and interoperablity worldwide.
Relief Web Map Center -maps of current, recent, and archived natural hazard events. Relief Web Home
PDC Natural Hazards & Vulnerabilites Atlas: Asia Pacific - Pacific Disaster Center Hazards Atlas: Asia Pacific Edition. (Includes Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, etc.) An interactive hazard map viewer for the world. PDC home.
PDC Natural Hazards & Vulnerabilites Atlas: Asia Pacific -Pacific Disaster Center Hazards Atlas: Asia Pacific Edition (Includes Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, etc.) An interactive hazard map viewer for the world. PDC home.
US Government Resources
GOS - Geospatial One-Stop
GOS Maps Page - thematic map viewers. Includes interactive climate, coastal, conservation, environment, energy, geology, hydrology, weather, wildfires and multiple basemaps including the National Map.
NASA -National Aeronautics and Space Admin.
NASA Earth Observatory Hazards Page - Natural hazard satellite imagery and maps.
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA Map Service Center - flood hazard mapping homepage.
FEMA Mapping Information Platform - an interactive flood hazard map viewer. Includes national flood hazard layer, DFIRM availability, Q3 availability, water features, cultural features, satellite imagery, shaded relief, and topography.
FEMA HAZUS -FEMA's hazard mapping and modeling software application for engineers, geologists, and GIS professionals.
USGS - United States Geological Survey
USGS Natural Hazards Gateway - natural and geologic hazards information and resources.
USGS Natural Hazards Support System -an interactive geologic, weather, environmental, and natural hazard map viewer. Includes basemaps, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, faults, seismic hazards, geologic features, hydrography, and more.
USGS Waterwatch - maps and graphs of current and historic water conditions, flood stages, droughts, etc.
USGS National Map - a continually evolving comprehensive online map viewer with numerous GIS data layers.
EPA Enviromapper - an interactive environmental hazard map viewer. Includes EPA regulated sites (toxic releases, superfund, water discharge, air emissions, hazardous waste, air and water monitors), flood hazard areas, water features, cultural features, shaded relief, and topography.
NOAAWatch - NOAA's All Hazards Monitor. Maps depicting hazard-related themes and links to hazards info.
NOAA Natural Hazards Viewer - an interactive hazard map viewer. Includes basemap, worldwide earthquake, tsunami, and volcano, observing stations, DART buoys, tsunami tide guages, bathymetry, and population layers.
NOAA National Weather Service - NWS homepage includes map and search- based weather, climate, and environmental hazard warnings, watches, forecasts, data etc.
NOAA NESDIS -National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. Maps and Satellite data clearinghouse.
NOAA NGDC Natural Hazards Data -NOAA Satellite and Information Service National Geophysical Data Center. Natural hazard maps and GIS data center.
USFS National Avalanche Center - avalanche hazard information and resources .
USFS GEOMAC Wildfire Viewer - an interactive fire hazard map viewer.
GEOMAC Wildland Fire Support - internet-based mapping application created with the coordination of multiple agencies.
USFS MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program - fire maps and map resources. Current large incidents map updated weekly or as fire conditions warrant.
CDC -Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC Environmental Health -Environmental health hazard related information, links and resources
CDC NCHS GIS Page -National Center for Health Statistics GIS and Public Health. GIS data and maps.
CDC Epi-Info -Resources for for creating public health maps.
ACADEMIC, NONPROFIT,COLLABORATIVE, ETC.
