An aid worker from the European Commission holds a PDF printout from OpenStreetMaps. Erle says the humanitarian applications of Geographic Information Systems may truly comes of age as a result of ...

Even—or perhaps especially—from a vast distance, the scale of destruction and despair in the capital, Port-au-Prince, after the Haiti earthquake is graphically clear (Haiti map). Seen via satellite on ...

In terms of information and awareness, the earthquake in Haiti is “the most immediate disaster we’ve ever had,” says Marguerite Madden, a geography professor at University of Georgia. Here’s a look at ...

The devastating January 12 earthquake in Haiti also set off a swarm of unusual tsunamis, which killed three and destroyed several homes, experts said today. Though surveying damage and rescuing ...