TY - GEN
T1 - Fusing non-authoritative data to improve situational awareness in emergencies
AU - Oxendine, Christopher E.
AU - Schnebele, Emily
AU - Cervone, Guido
AU - Waters, Nigel
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - In order to coordinate emergency operations and evacuations, it is vital to accurately assess damage to people, property, and the environment. For decades remote sensing has been used to observe the Earth from air, space and ground based sensors. These sensors collect massive amounts of dynamic and geographically distributed spatiotemporal data every day. However, despite the immense quantity of data available, gaps are often present due to the specific limitations of the sensors or their carrier platforms. This article illustrates how nonauthoritative data such as social media, news, tweets, and mobile phone data can be used to fill in these gaps. Two case studies are presented which employ non-authoritative data to fill in the gaps for improved situational awareness during damage assessments and emergency evacuations.
AB - In order to coordinate emergency operations and evacuations, it is vital to accurately assess damage to people, property, and the environment. For decades remote sensing has been used to observe the Earth from air, space and ground based sensors. These sensors collect massive amounts of dynamic and geographically distributed spatiotemporal data every day. However, despite the immense quantity of data available, gaps are often present due to the specific limitations of the sensors or their carrier platforms. This article illustrates how nonauthoritative data such as social media, news, tweets, and mobile phone data can be used to fill in these gaps. Two case studies are presented which employ non-authoritative data to fill in the gaps for improved situational awareness during damage assessments and emergency evacuations.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84905844129
SN - 9780692211946
T3 - ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
SP - 762
EP - 766
BT - ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
PB - The Pennsylvania State University
T2 - 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2014
Y2 - 1 May 2014 through 1 May 2014
ER -