Geographic Information for Disaster Management – An Overview

2014 ◽  
pp. 225-238
Author(s):  
Wolfgang P. Reinhardt
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Geographic Information

scholarly journals Developing an open geographic data model and analysis tools for disaster management: landslide case

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Aydinoglu ◽  
M. S. Bilgin
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Analysis Tools ◽  
Geographic Data

Abstract. Disaster management aims to reduce catastrophic losses of disasters. Geographic information technologies support disaster management activities for effective and collaborative data management considering the complex nature of disasters. This study with an original conceptual approach aims to develop interoperable geographic data model and analysis tools to manage geographic data sets coming from different sources. For landslide disaster, 39 scenario-based activities were analysed with the required data according to user needs in a cycle of activities at mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery phases. An interoperable geographic data model for disaster management (ADYS), enabling up-to-date exchange of geographic data, was designed, compliant with the standards of ISO/TC211 Geographic Information/Geomatics, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), and the Turkish National GIS (TUCBS). An open source and free analysis toolbox was developed and tested in the case study of activities such as landslide hazard analysis and a disaster warning system to support the Provincial Disaster Management Centres of Turkey. Open data models and analysis tools make effective activity management and data sharing possible. However, transforming data sets into data exchange formats is laborious.

scholarly journals PUBLIC PERCEPTION ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT USING VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (VGI): CASE OF UAE

2015 ◽  
Vol II-2/W2 ◽  
pp. 241-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Yagoub
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Global Positioning System ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Volunteered Geographic Information ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Social Media Tools

The number of smart phones that are supported by location facility like Global Positioning System (GPS), Camera and connected to the internet has increased sharply in UAE during the last five years. This increase offers a chance to capitalize on using these devices as resources for data collection, therefore reducing cost. In many cases specific events may happen in areas or at time where there may be no governmental departments to collect such unrepeated events. The current research will showcase various studies that had been conducted on Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) debating various aspects such as accuracy, legal issues, and privacy. This research will also integrate Geographic Information System (GIS), VGI, social media tools, data mining, and mobile technology to design a conceptual framework for promoting public participation in UAE. The data gathered through survey will be helpful in correlating various aspects of VGI. Since there are diverse views about these aspects, policy makers are left undecided in many countries about how to deal with VGI. The assessment of the UAE case will contribute to the age-long debate by examining the willingness of the public to participate. The result will show the public perception to be as sensors for data collection. Additionally, the potential of citizen involvement in the risk and disaster management process by providing voluntary data collected for VGI applications will also be explored in the paper.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Hungarian Hydrocarbon Industry’s Accidents and their Demonstration with GIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-273
Author(s):  
András Tóth
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Industrial Activities ◽  
Management Decision Support

AbstractFrom its beginning until today the Hungarian hydrocarbon industry has suffered more than seventy bigger accidents where intervention of the fire service and thorough examination was required. In the article the author presents the short analysis of accidents that were collected, systemized, and entered into database during the research, and their integration into the Geographic Information System (GIS). Based on the finished database, with the extended list of the locations’ GPS coordinates, the accidents will be entered into the ArcMap application. The publication of the accidents will be done with the help of Arcgis Viewer for Flex – Application Builder program. Following the GIS placement of accidents, testing, drawing conclusions and summarization are the main goals. The next step will be the preparation for assigning the database to the Disaster Management Decision Support Geographic Information System. Following the international publication, the long-term goal is the connection of each country’s files of dangerous industrial activities that were collected by researchers into one common database.

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