NSW Floods - Online (Mapping) Resources

[Last updated 17 Jan 2011, 2:55 PM AEDST]

This page lists online Resources (Maps, Social Media, Services) specifically for the NSW Floods.
For generic (national) resources, please refer to the National Flood Resources page.

Photo: Courier Mail

There is an abundance of information and mapping resources springing up online to deal with the

ongoing NSW floods. On this page, I will maintain an overview of online resources that can assist the affected communities in NSW in dealing with this disaster while it happens, and in the aftermath.

As resources will come and go, this will be a bit of a moving feast, but with your help, I will try & keep it as current and accurate as possible.

If you have any suggestions or links to be added, please comment below, or send me a tweet (@mvandervlugt) or email (mauritsrutger -at- gmail.com).

And please share this page with others!

All our best wishes go out to all the people affected by this disaster.


Emergency Services & Government Agencies

• NSW Flood Information: http://www.nsw.gov.au/floods
• Emergency Management NSW: http://www.emergency.nsw.gov.au/content.php/886.html
• State Emergency Services NSW (SES): http://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/
  RSS News Feed: http://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/news/rss.xml
• Bureau of Meteorology: NSW Flood Warnings: http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/nsw/
• North Coast NSW - Regional Road Information: http://www.myroadinfo.com.au/overview.asp
  Road status, closures

Mainstream Media

• ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/news/
  ABC Radio Frequencies for your area: http://www.abc.net.au/reception/freq/
• ABC North Coast NSW Emergencies: http://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/emergencies/
  Streaming Flood Coverage: http://www.abc.net.au/res/streaming/special/2011_floods/www5.asx 

Online Maps

• Project EPIC "Tweak the Tweets": http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~starbird/aux_time_3.html
  Filters and Maps relevant Twitter messages by type and time. 
• ESRI Australia Flooding Map: http://www.esri.com/services/disaster-response/australia-flooding-map-2011/index.html
  Maps Tweets, RSS, Photos, Videos. Allows users to add their own reports.
• EveryMap Community Alerts: http://www.everymap.com.au/main 
• Google Mash-up of flood maps for all of Australia: http://mapvisage.appspot.com/static/floodmap/map.html
• NSW floods & recent disasters (Aus e-Maps): http://ow.ly/3CQLn 
• North Coast NSW - Regional Road Information: http://www.myroadinfo.com.au/overview.asp
  Map of road status, closures
• BOM NSW River Maps: http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/flood/ 

Alerts and Community Reports

• EveryMap: http://www.everymap.com.au/.
• Australian Early Warning Network (EWN): http://ewn.com.au/
  Register for localised alerts by SMS or email
• NSW Police on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nswpoliceforce 

Social Media
Twitter feeds:

• @Everymap
• @nswfloods
• Twitter search: #TheBigWet
• Twitter search: #nswfloods
• Trending topics: http://trendsmap.com/ 

Facebook:

• NSW Police on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nswpoliceforce 

Other:

• Online dicsussion: are you affected by the floods? http://www.tanglerlive.com/conversation/4206

How can I (find) help?

• Floodaid: Connecting those in need with those who can help: http://floodaid.com.au/
• Salvation Army: http://salvos.org.au/ 
• Australian Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org.au/