TY - GEN
T1 - An interactive mapping application for rapid evacuation planning
AU - Pelman, Kenneth S.
AU - Robinson, Anthony C.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Current GIS solutions for evacuation planning are frequently based on expensive and difficult to use commercial software solutions. These tools require a GIS analyst to generate and interpret results for decision makers. This paper introduces a web-based interactive mapping tool called EvacSpace that can provide emergency managers with actionable spatial information to develop plans for potential citizen evacuations in common emergency situations. Easy-to-use web mapping software and services are blended together with cloud computing methods to support interactive, visually-enabled evacuation planning and scenario evaluation. Here we show our current progress through a case study application to characterize the usefulness and utility of EvacSpace for the rapid, interactive development and assessment of evacuation plans.
AB - Current GIS solutions for evacuation planning are frequently based on expensive and difficult to use commercial software solutions. These tools require a GIS analyst to generate and interpret results for decision makers. This paper introduces a web-based interactive mapping tool called EvacSpace that can provide emergency managers with actionable spatial information to develop plans for potential citizen evacuations in common emergency situations. Easy-to-use web mapping software and services are blended together with cloud computing methods to support interactive, visually-enabled evacuation planning and scenario evaluation. Here we show our current progress through a case study application to characterize the usefulness and utility of EvacSpace for the rapid, interactive development and assessment of evacuation plans.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84905670751
SN - 9789724922478
T3 - 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011
BT - 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
PB - Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
T2 - 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2011
Y2 - 8 May 2011 through 11 May 2011
ER -