Disasters 2.0: Real Time Collaboration: Documentation and Mapping

Midwest Disasters 2.0
Real Time Collaboration:
Documentation and Mapping
By Dr. Connie White, Institute for Emergency Preparedness, JSU
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What’s it all about?
Right Information
Right People
Right Time
Make the Best Decisions Possible
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Georgia (Gwinnett and Douglas Counties) Floods 2009

Characteristics of Disasters
Time critical
High Uncertainty
Unexpected events
Decisions aremade.
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Mena, AR (Polk County) EF3, 2009

Challenges in Information
Ambiguity & Uncertainty
Lack of Situational awareness
Need for Reliable Information
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Mena, AR (Polk County) EF3, 2009

Managing the Expected and Unexpected
Accessibility
Information Aggregation
Mobility
Free
Disseminate quickly and to masses or few
Tweet/post with link
Flexible - easily modified
Group membership dynamic
Share
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Destin, FL (Okaloosa County) BP Oil Spill 2010

Google Suite
Real Time Documents
To Support
Time Critical
Decision Making
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Georgia (Gwinnett and Douglas Counties) Floods 2009

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Google Chrome Browser

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Google Suite of Tools

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Must have Gmail Account

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Gmail to Suite

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Google Documents

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Editor

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Share
With
People

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Share with Other
Social Media

Hands On Demo - Documentation
Install Google Chrome
Create Gmail Account
Go To Documents
Look at Twitter Feed for Link to Open Document
Play
www.gmail.com
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Case Study: Snow in The Deep South
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Why Forms and Spreadsheets?
Windham, New Hampshire Feb. 2011 Blizzard

Official Closures for County
How to collect data from officials?
How to disseminate to employees and public?
Keeping it accurate.
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Create New Form
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Type in Question, Select Question Type
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*Question 1 will be Column 1 on Corresponding Spreadsheet

Type in Next Question til Done
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Official Themes and Locos can be used
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Created in Minutes and Disseminated Quickly for Fast Accurate Response!
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Embedded in Email makes submissions quick and easy!
Or
People can go to Form on Site through link.

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Dynamic
Link to Form

Self Learning EnvironmentVideo Tutorials
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Why Mapping?
Situational Awareness
Community Information
Information aggregated from anywhere
Reflect the State
CrowdSourcing
Flexible, Dynamic
Update realtime
Free and Easy
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New Orleans, LA. Hurricane Katrina, 2005

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OpenStreetMaps
WikiMapia
Google Earth
Google Maps
ESRI OnDemand

Crisis Mapping Case: Haiti
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http://mommylife.net/archives/2010/01/real_hope_for_h.html

The Initial Map After the Earthquake
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(source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikel_maron/4274264767/)

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OpenStreetMap is a Creative Commons project, sort of geographic Wiki.
This map is updated in real time.
Rescue teams and NGOs on the ground are using Garmin GPS .
It only took a few hours to members of the free mapping community to respond.
http://www.3d-today.org/2010_01_01_archive.html

Yellow crosses indicate the streets blocked by obstacles.Yellow crosses on red background are the collapsed buildings.White tents on a red background are the camps of survivors.
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http://www.3d-today.org/2010_01_01_archive.html

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Information on People is listed here along with pinpoints (hidden from view)

Real Time Collaborative ToolsBetter Decision Making
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Word of Caution - this is ever changing so expect to learn something new all the time!
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THE END
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THE END
For More Information Useful Tools for Emergency Managers, visit my homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/conniemwhite/
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