Emergency Mapper is a QGIS plugin, this plugin help to creates maps for emergency response purposes. It utilizes the value added products prepared from the satellite images acquired immediately after a disaster under the Sentinel Asia initiative.

1. GeoTIFF Shapefile
Example dataset: flood,
Bangladesh
Emergency Mapper – QGIS Plugin

2. Download and Install QGIS
• Download QGIS from this url for free
http://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html
• Install QGIS
• Open QGIS

3. Install Emergency Mapper Plugin
1.Click Manage and
Install Plugins…
2.Type emergency
mapper in search
box
3.Click Install plugin
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4. Emergency Mapper plugin
Under Plugins
Under Icon Bar
On Right Side Dock Window

5. Wizard Rapid Map & Impact Map
1.Rapid Map
• This wizard will guide you
how to create a map overlay
with OSM and crowdsource
data
2.Impact Map
• This wizard help you to make
an analysis of affected
building and affected
population

6. Rapid Map
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1.Click Rapid Map
button
2.Automatic
download world
administrative
boundaries If it is
not available.

7. Rapid Map Step 1.1 Select a Country
Select a country, we
provided 34
countries who
members of ADRC
and JPT

8. Rapid Map Step 1.2 Location Search
1. Click Location
Search button
2. Type location in
search bar, then
click Search
button
3. Click the location
result
4. Click OK
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9. Rapid Map Step 2 Map Selection
1. Background map : we
provided several
opensource map services
2. Building data : download
building data from OSM or
use your own data
3. Road data : download road
data from OSM or use your
own data
4. Geobingan data : download
data were being collected
by community
5. Other data : use your own
data

10. Rapid Map Step 2.1 Background Map
1. Click Browse..
2. Click the map
services you want
to use, for this
example we use
openstreetmap
map service
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11. Rapid Map Step 2 cont.
1.We provide two option
• Use OpenStreetMap data by
download from OSM server.
• Use your own local data and
import it.
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2.Click ”Download” to
download geobingan data based
on current map extent
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3.Downloaded data will create
a new layer

12. Rapid Map Step 2 cont.
• (1) Click “Add…” to get data from
your local machine
• If you want to remove the file from
list, you can check the box (3) and
click “Remove” (2)
• Then click “OK”
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13. Rapid Map Delete Layer
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1. To delete the
layer, check the
box you want to
delete
2. Click “Delete”

14. Rapid Map Step 3 Create Map
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1. Fill up title, description and
disclaimer
2. Choose resolution
3. Fill up output directory and
name of the file
4. Click ”Export to PDF” if you want
to have map in PDF format, and
“Export to JPG” to have file in
JPG format
5. Click Customize if you want to
redesign the map

15. Rapid Map - Map Output

16. Impact Map
Click “Download” to download
administrative boundaries file

17. Impact Map Affected Building
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18. Impact Map – Affected Building

19. Impact Map Affected Population
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20. Impact Map – Affected Population

21. Icon Description
1. Dock window open
2. Background map selection
3. List of VAP data
4. Download open data from Open Street Map and geobingan
5. Import spatial data
6. Analysis tool
7. Print and design the map
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22. Thank You
This QGIS Plugin developed by
Asian Institute of Technology
Geoinformatics Center
Thailand
Please email : geoinfo@ait.ac.th
If you have further question