Introducing: Nearmap for Post-catastrophe Response
Post-catastrophe imagery and AI-derived property damage and condition data unite to help insurers process customer claims more efficiently.
Post-catastrophe imagery and AI-derived property damage and condition data unite to help insurers process customer claims more efficiently.
We’re all affected by the current situation in our own unique ways. In this article we’re sharing our own experience as Nearmappers, working our way through these unprecedented times. From the bedrooms, kitchen tables, back decks and yoga mat offices (yes, they're a thing now) of the Nearmap team, here's how we're staying apart but working together – for each other, our customers and our shared future.
Change is something that we embrace at Nearmap. In fact it's why we actually exist – we change the way people can see the world, so they can profoundly change the way they work. So as the world began to change rapidly, we were quick to recognise that we needed to change with it and established our own COVID-19 task force.
Our task force, representing multiple areas across Nearmap, keeps our team informed and supported on best practices during this time. The team gathers insights such as how other businesses are responding to challenges and providing continuity for employees, customers and prospects alike.
We’re big fans of Slack – it keeps us connected in this socially distanced world. We’ve created a number of channels to support our team, too:
These channels help the company support every employee, and importantly, they’re about Nearmappers supporting each other.
In April, our #NearmappingFromHome channel featured a calendar of daily challenges as a light-hearted way to support employees' mental and physical health. Challenges ranged from 'bake something with only five ingredients' to facilitating virtual lunches with colleagues, and providing links to download a free meditation app.
If you've been anywhere near a social media channel recently, you can't help but have noticed the power of a shared picture and a shared experience. 'What do you see from your window?' is a photo sharing group that reinforces the message of #StayAtHome and has quickly built a global community of contributors from 143 countries. The Facebook group ‘Bin Isolation Outing’, meanwhile, has nearly one million members posting videos of themselves dressing up to put their rubbish bins out!
Through our own #nearmappingfromhome noticeboard, we challenged our team to share pictures of the way they are working at home – their workspaces, outlooks and the lighter side of working alongside children, partners, roommates and pets. Here we share just some of the deluge of submissions we received from colleagues near and far.
Don't forget that we're here to support you in your work. If you need technical advice, product guidance or need to talk about anything Nearmap, we're here to help. And if you haven't already checked them out, don't miss our online archive of helpful Nearmap webinars.
Across the U.S., a variety of distilleries are forgoing making alcohol and brewing hand sanitizer instead. Global fashion houses manufacturing face masks. In an upcoming blog article we're going to look at how other companies and individuals are adapting to this new normal.
We'd love to hear about your experience and observations and maybe share it in our story. Perhaps it's how your business is pivoting to new ventures. Or how your colleagues are doing something good to support the less fortunate in the community. It could be your tips for working smarter at home or a recipe for your favourite quarantine cookies. (How about all that baking?)
Please get in touch with your tips, observations and pics by contacting us.
In all the madness and crisis-dominated news cycle, we believe that people appreciate a 'brain break'. Each week our COVID-19 taskforce team is sharing breathtaking aerial images of our world as captured by Nearmap to our social media channels – Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. Follow us for your weekly dose of beauty and inspiration from the world we live in.
