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This paper will address multiple conference topics but will focus on user needs and technology developments. The paper will describe issues of geo-information for disaster management developed around the experiences prior to, during, and following the World Trade Center event of 9/11/01 in New York in which the author was a participant. The events of 9/11 have had a dramatic impact on the state of geo-information in disaster management. Thus, it is a focal point for the paper. The paper will be presented from the perspective of experience and thus is practical rather than theoretical.
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Kevany, M.J. (2005). Geo-Information for Disaster Management: Lessons from 9/11. In: van Oosterom, P., Zlatanova, S., Fendel, E.M. (eds) Geo-information for Disaster Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27468-5_32
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