VIC 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 Victorian Floods.
For generic (national) resources, please refer to the National Flood Resources page.

Myrtleford Victoria. Picture: Ian Currie Source: The Australia

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

ongoing Victorian floods. On this page, I will maintain an overview of online resources that can assist the affected communities in Victoria 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

• State Emergency Services (SES): http://www.ses.vic.gov.au/
  Latest alerts: http://bit.ly/a0o1w8
• RSS News Feed: http://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/news/rss.xml
• Bureau of Meteorology: VIC Flood Warnings: http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/vic
• Vic Roads, Flood Warnings: http://mobiletraffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au/floodalerts/?intcmp=HPE00019 
• Department of Human Services: http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/emergency/current-events/flood_recovery

Mainstream Media

• ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/news/
  ABC Radio Frequencies for your area: http://www.abc.net.au/reception/freq/
• ABC Victoria: http://www.abc.net.au/news/vic/ 
• ABC Western Victoria: http://www.abc.net.au/westernvic/emergencies
• The Age: http://www.theage.com.au/
• Herald Sun: http://www.heraldsun.com.au// 

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.
• Incident Alert - Maps of SA & VIC incidents, register for alerts: http://www.incidentalert.com.au/iav4/veMapv2.asp 
• Google Maps - VIC flood incidents: http://bit.ly/i2zKf3
• Google Mash-up of flood maps for all of Australia: http://mapvisage.appspot.com/static/floodmap/map.html
• Herald Sun - River Levels Map: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/record-deluge-drenches-victoria/story-e6frf7kx-1225986702803 
• EveryMap Community Alerts: http://www.everymap.com.au/main 
• BOM VicRiver Maps: http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/flood/ 
• Map of Emergency Relief Centres: http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/emergency/current-events/flood_recovery/relief-centres 

Alerts and Community Reports

• Incident Alert - Maps of incidents, register for alerts: http://www.incidentalert.com.au/iav4/veMapv2.asp 
• EveryMap: http://www.everymap.com.au/.
• Australian Early Warning Network (EWN): http://ewn.com.au/
  Register for localised alerts by SMS or email
• SES - latest alerts: http://bit.ly/a0o1w8  
• Twitter: @VictoriaPolice

Social Media
Twitter feeds:

• @Everymap
• @VictoriaPolice
• @VicFloodFeed
• Twitter search: #TheBigWet
• Twitter search: #vicfloods
• Trending topics: http://trendsmap.com/ 

Facebook:

• Victorian Emergency Services Volunteers: http://www.facebook.com/emergencyvolunteers

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/
• Emergency Relief Centres: http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/emergency/current-events/flood_recovery/relief-centres