Geospatial Information Technology for Emergency Response

by Zlatanova; Sisi

• ISBN13: 9780415422475
• ISBN10: 0415422477
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-24
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Disaster management is generally understood to consist of four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. While these phases are all important and interrelated, response and recovery are often considered to be the most critical in terms of saving lives. Response is the acute phase occurring after the event, and includes all arrangements to remove detriments and a long-term inventory of supplies to deal with irreversible damage. The timely provision of geospatial information is crucial in the decision-making process, and can save lives and rescue citizens. The aim of this volume is to share technological advances that allow wider, faster and more effective utilization of geospatial information in emergency response situations. The volume describes current accomplishments and challenges in providing geospatial information with these attributes, and is organized in six parts: - Practice and legislation, with a focus on the utilization of geospatial information in recent disaster events, as well as resulting legislative attempts to share and access data. - Data collection and data products. - Data management and routing in 3D. - Emerging technologies, including positioning, virtual reality and simulation models. - Integration of heterogeneous data. - Applications and solutions. This volume is aimed at researchers, practitioners and students who work in the variety of disciplines related to geospatial information technology for emergency response, and represents the very best of current thinking from a number of pioneering studies over the past four years.

Author Biography

Dr. Sisi Zlatanova is Associate Professor at the GIS Technology Section, Delft University of Technology, and currently leads a theme group on 'Geo-information for Crisis Response'. Her research interests include the use of spatial technologies in emergency response, in particular where special attention is given to the third dimension: 3D object reconstruction, 3D data structures and geo-databases, 3D spatial relationships (topology) and 3D visualization (VR and AR). Sisi Zlatanova is currently serving as chair of the ISPRS WG IV/8 'Spatial Data Integration for Emergency Services, 2004-2008', and author of numerous publications on 3D modeling and technology for emergency response. Dr. Jonathan Li is Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, Canada. From 2001-2006, he was Assistant/Associate Professor and the Director of GroVELab at Ryerson University in Toronto. Jonathan Li was the Conference Secretary of MMT'2004, and is currently serving as Co-Chair for ISPRS WG IV/8 'Spatial Data Integration for Emergency Services, 2004-2008'. His research interests include remote sensing, 3D urban modeling, intelligent object extraction from imagery, spatial data integration for disaster management, and WebGIS.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
About the editors	p. xv
Practice and legislation
Improving geospatial information in disaster management through action on lessons learned from major events	p. 3
Legal aspects of using space-derived geospatial information for emergency response, with particular reference to the Charter on Space and Major Disasters	p. 21
Data collection and products
Real-time data collection and information generation using airborne sensors	p. 43
Satellite remote sensing for near-real time data collection	p. 75
Terrestrial mobile mapping towards real-time geospatial data collection	p. 103
Data management and routing in 3D
Real time and spatiotemporal data indexing for sensor based databases	p. 123
A 3D data model and topological analyses for emergency response in urban areas	p. 143
Multidimensional and dynamic vehicle emergency routing algorithm based on 3D GIS	p. 169
Positioning, virtual reality and Simulation
3D positioning systems for emergency response	p. 187
Virtual Reality for training and collaboration in emergency management	p. 207
Visual analytics in flood forecasting	p. 217
Integration of heterogeneous data
The semantic mismatch as limiting factor for the use of geospatial information in disaster management and emergency response	p. 243
CityGML-3D city models and their potential for emergency response	p. 257
Integrated emergency management: Experiences and challenges of a national geospatial information provider, Ordnance Survey	p. 275
Applications and solutions
The value of Gi4DM for transport and water management	p. 313
A decision support system for the preventive evacuation of people in a dike-ring area	p. 329
GIS technology and applications for the fire services	p. 353
Author index	p. 373
Subject index	p. 375
ISPRS Book Series	p. 381
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