Capabilities

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Capabilities include specific technical tools, models, and applications useful in satisfying requirements in the Homeland Security and National Preparedness mission areas. These tools help to codify methods and best practices in a repeatable and shareable format for broader use and systematic refinement. They may be established and authoritative, or experimental and each should be assessed for suitability on a case by case basis.

DOT Hurricane Web Mapping

Overview:
The Department of Transportation hosts a public facing web mapping application for awareness on potentially affected transportation infrastructure.
Agency: DOT
Unclassified URL: https://maps.bts.dot.gov/arcgis/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a5306037e2a749018e39a88268e4af75
Secret URL: N/A
Top Secret URL: N/A

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Overview:
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center is a remotely sensed data management, systems development, and research field center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Climate and Land Use Change Mission Area. Includes aerial photography, digitized maps, satellite imagery, and geospatial data.
Agency: USGS
Unclassified URL: http://eros.usgs.gov/
Secret URL: N/A
Top Secret URL: N/A

Emergency Operations Portal

Overview:
Provides disaster response community rapid access to timely, accurate, and relevant geospatial imagery, products, and services before, during, and after a disaster. Includes HDDS Explorer.
Agency: USGS
Unclassified URL: https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/hdds
Secret URL: N/A
Top Secret URL: N/A

emPOWER Map

Overview:
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), launched emPOWER to help community partners better anticipate, plan for, and respond to the needs of electricity dependent populations in each community. The HHS emPOWER Map is a public and interactive map that provides monthly de-identified Medicare data -down to the zip code level- and an expanded set of near real-time hazard tracking services. Together, this information provides enhanced situational awareness and actionable information for assisting areas and at-risk populations that may be impacted by severe weather, wild fires, earthquakes and other disasters.
Agency: HHS
Unclassified URL: https://empowermap.hhs.gov/
Secret URL: N/A
Top Secret URL: N/A

Enhanced View WebHosting (EV WHS)

Overview:
Provides immediate, online access and download capabilities to DigitalGlobe’s archived high-resolution orthorectified imagery under the NGA NextView License. (Site requires CAC card.)
Agency: NGA
Unclassified URL: https://evwhs.digitalglobe.com/myDigitalGlobe/
Secret URL: https://rdog.digitalglobe.nga.smil.mil/myDigitalGlobe
Top Secret URL: N/A

Environment for Analysis of Geo-Located Energy Information (EAGLE-I)

Overview:
Department of Energy’s Environment for Analysis of Geo-Located Energy Information (EAGLE-I) program provides an interactive geographic information system (GIS) comprised of the Energy Infrastructure Mapping System and the Real Time Energy Monitoring Dashboard. The tool acts as a Common Operating Picture (COP) with enhanced situational awareness and allows for viewing and mapping the nation's energy infrastructure and obtain near real time informational updates concerning the electric, petroleum and natural gas sectors within one visualization platform.
Agency: DOE
Unclassified URL: https://eagle-i.doe.gov/login
Secret URL: N/A
Top Secret URL: N/A

EPA Geospatial Applications

Overview:
The website highlights EPA geospatial web applications including air and water quality tools, waste management tools, and other environment applications.
Agency: EPA
Unclassified URL: https://www.epa.gov/geospatial/epa-geospatial-applications
Secret URL: N/A
Top Secret URL: N/A

Epi Info™

Overview:
Epi Info™ is a public domain suite of interoperable software tools designed for the global community of public health practitioners and researchers by the CDC for disease surveillance and to educate public health professionals about the geography of health. The suite of modules enables users to perform data collection, statistical analysis, GIS mapping and visualization, and create custom reports.
Agency: CDC
Unclassified URL: https://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/index.html
Secret URL: N/A
Top Secret URL: N/A

Event Support Viewer

Overview:
Situational awareness and resource management web map viewer. Includes daily NOAA imagery updates, flood gauges, declared counties/parishes, precipitation forecasts and estimates, national flood hazards, etc.
Agency: USGS
Unclassified URL: http://esm-usgs.opendata.arcgis.com/
Secret URL: N/A
Top Secret URL: N/A

FAA Airports Surveying Geographic Information System (Airports GIS)

Overview:
The Airports Surveying Geographic Information System (Airports GIS) helps the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) collect airport and aeronautical data to meet the demands of the Next Generation National Airspace System.
Agency: FAA
Unclassified URL: https://airports-gis.faa.gov/public/index.html
Secret URL: N/A
Top Secret URL: N/A

Updated on September 15, 2020