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When everything fails, the map is the last thing that should.
Crisis response operates under the most demanding conditions GIS will ever face. Kaistrum builds the tools and deploys the platforms that work when infrastructure doesn't.
72hr
post-event damage assessment
Satellite
imagery analysis pre-field
Multi-hazard
GIS capability
The challenge
What makes disaster response hard.
Situational awareness under disruption
Communications and infrastructure fail precisely when they are most needed — traditional connected GIS tools fail at exactly the wrong moment.
Damage assessment speed
Field surveys of affected areas take weeks — but response resource allocation decisions need to happen within days of an event.
Multi-agency coordination
UN, INGO, and government response teams work from incompatible spatial data — duplicating effort and missing coverage gaps.
Crowdsourced data quality
Community-generated damage reports are valuable but noisy — without validation and classification they cannot reliably inform resource decisions.
Crisis damage assessment satellite imagery analysis
Our approach
What Kaistrum delivers.
Satellite rapid damage assessment
Post-event satellite imagery analysis producing building damage classifications within 72 hours — informing field deployment before teams arrive.
Offline crisis response apps
Mobile apps with pre-cached basemaps and offline-first data collection — functional with no network, syncing when connectivity returns.
Humanitarian data exchange integration
Data outputs in COD, HXL, and HDX-compatible formats so Kaistrum data feeds directly into the humanitarian coordination ecosystem.
AI-assisted crowdsource validation
Machine learning classification of community-submitted damage photos — accelerating validation and reducing analyst burden.
Field evacuation route GIS
Applications
In practice.
Rapid damage assessment
Satellite imagery analysis for building damage classification within 72 hours of a sudden-onset disaster — delivered as a GeoJSON layer for field team briefing.
Evacuation route planning
Network analysis accounting for road damage, bridge status, and chokepoint capacity — generating optimised evacuation routes for affected zones.
IDP camp siting
Multi-criteria GIS analysis evaluating flood risk, accessibility, proximity to services, and land availability for displaced population site selection.
Aid distribution mapping
GIS-optimised distribution routes and point-of-distribution siting based on affected population density and access road capacity.
Recovery progress monitoring
Satellite change detection tracking rebuilding activity and infrastructure restoration over weeks and months following a crisis event.
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