Nordic Geospatial Blog –

FCC National Broadband Plan – March 2010 -
http://download.broadband.gov/plan/national-broadband-plan.pdf

SAID, CISCO, and Olviedo Report for context -
http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/newsandevents/Documents/BQS%202009%20final.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/web/MT/news/09/news_021009a.html

Test your speed -
http://news.nsgic.org/2010/03/test-your-broadband-speed-be-part-of.html

http://www.broadband.gov/

http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/

The Economist responds -
http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15732610

So you mean you can’t gift wrap development and competitiveness? The real politik of single currencies and subsidies.

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.5693/pub_detail.asp

Excellent Post article giving historical perspective on the Iraqi EOD efforts

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/specials/leftofboom/index.html

US House of Representative Committee on Armed Services Report on the Joint IED Defeat Organization, Nov. 2008

http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA490963&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

Fascinating study regarding our internal ‘GPS’ and locational orientation.

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/03/03/2218375.aspx

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It can happen here … California Earthquake Preparedness Report and Presentations
http://www.calema.ca.gov/WebPage/oeswebsite.nsf/Content/876105A2B46EFBBE882576D6007969A7?OpenDocument

Resources
Gov’t of Chile SITREP Summary (En Espanol)
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/FBUO-835DCZ?OpenDocument&RSS20&RSS20=FS

Ushahidi Chile SMS to Map Tool (En Espanol)
http://chile.ushahidi.com/

ODI – HPG
Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Humanitarian Assistance
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900sid/VVOS-826N8U/$file/odi_dec2009.pdf

Land Tenure & Uncharted Territory: Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900sid/ASAZ-7Y4SB2/$file/ODI-HPG_Nov2009.pdf

Informative whitepaper on resiliant health sector from Baystate Health (R. Skinner et al 2006)
http://www.comcare.org/uploads/Baystate%20White%20Paper%20(2).pdf

Interesting US DoD Table Top exercise using an Earthquake Scenario in the Central USA
http://www.nationaldscatraining.army.mil/WorkShop/Files/2010_dsca_earthquak_ttx.aspx

Video of Aerial Imagery
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