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Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson, GIS business leader at Tauranga City Council, organised a Bay of Plenty GIS gathering in May 2009. On 8 September 2010 he circulated a crowd-sourced Christchurch earthquake map through GISList. His correspondence records council practitioners organising local technical exchange and sharing public mapping during an emergency.

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GISList crowd-sourced Christchurch mapping thread
Mark Thompson / Tauranga City Council, Bay of Plenty Regional get together
Chapter 12 · Companies and user groups
Chapter 42 · Disaster response and live mapping

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Conferences and meetingsCompanies and user groups
Canterbury exposes the gapsDisaster response and live mapping

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2011-02 · Christchurch earthquake drives rapid geospatial responsemonth precision

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