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I came across an excellent article written by Ray Caputo from the Army Geospatial Center (AGC) that discusses their different products delivered using TerraGo’s GeoPDF software.  We have been using the GeoPDF format for a couple of years here at VerticalGeo, but the AGC and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) both have extensive GeoPDF libraries (AGC Library) (many of which you must have a government Common Access Card to get to) are also producing several useful products using GeoPDF technology.  USGS has recently started converting all of their topo charts over to GeoPDF products, which creates an easy to access product that anyone can download and use with their own computer.  The USGS Store is a great resource for GeoPDF Topo Charts.  Read Ray Caputo’s article is  located here.   AGC Article .

Jan 28, 2010 Update: 

Thanks to Joe Francica of the Directions Magazine’s All Points Blog for offering up their list of Haitian Earthquake Relief Resources.  Their list of resources is very extensive and is located at:

http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/7147-Update-4-Multiple-Geospatial-Resources-for-the-Haitian-Earthquake-Efforts.html

Original Jan 27, 2010 Post:

I have been searching for sources of geospatial information for Haiti.  Here is a short list of the resources I have found:

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Unclassified Haiti Earthquake Crisis Relief Page 

U.S. Army Geospatial Center Haiti Page

U.S. Army Geospatial Center’s Haiti Maps Page

DigitalGlobe’s Earthquake Image Gallery and Damage Analysis

Delta State University Product Directory for Haiti

Delta State University’s GeoPDF Product Directory

I will continue to search for more sources and post frequent updates to the list.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has selected VerticalGeo to become the newest USGS Business Partner.  VerticalGeo now becomes one of only 5 Business Partners in the State of Illinois, and the only Business Partner in southwestern Illinois authorized to sell and distribute USGS maps and imagery and create value added products to meet your individual needs using USGS data.  The Business Partner Program includes the additional product lines of digital cartographic data and aerial photographs.