Maryland interoperable GIS effort.

1. EMMA and MEGIN New Geospatial Tools for Emergency Management John M. Morgan, III, Ph.D. and Matthew S. Felton Towson University Center for Geographic Information Sciences Towson University Center for GIS Project Partners Copyright © 2005 Towson University Center for Geographic Information Sciences ©

2. Maryland Model For Data Sharing Data Interoperability Tools Turning Information Into Knowledge Turning Knowledge Into Coordinated Action Regional/State WebEOC Blue 292 RamSafe Local National JREIS County GIS Health Transit Public Works Law Enforcement Fire/ EMS Transportation Weather Planning Emergency Management Licensing Medical Natural Resources State Police Environmental EPA USGS DHS Turning Data Into Information Federal Applications (HSIN / DMIS) Interoperability Backbone

7. Enterprise Architecture Knowledge © Visualize Maps Analyze Incident Generate Report Locate Incident GIS Database Maps Information Integration with Incident Management Tools Decisions Remote Interoperability Connector Kit ( RICK ) © Real-Time Data Public / Private Databases Web Pages Data Remote Map Servers Shared Maps

8. *MEGIN Diagram* City 1 City 2 City n County n County 2 County 1 Regional Council Web Service Web Service Web Service Web Service Metadata Server/Explorer Data Warehouse Hot Back-up State Agency 1 State Agency 2 State Agency n Web Service Web Service Federal Data Sets County EOC EOC SEOC Maryland Secure Intranet GOS EMMA (Geospatial Tools) WebEOC (Incident Management Tools) Emergency Response Community Maryland Emergency Geographic Information Network EDXL / HSIN (Interoperability Technology)

10. Sharing Data Between Agencies Shared Map Shared Map Agency 1 Agency 2 Agency 3 Agency 4 Agency n EMMA Software ESRI Software ESi Software Existing Infrastructure Data WebEOC Web Server WebEOC Incident Database Incident Information WebEOC Web Server WebEOC Incident Database Incident Information Custom (i.e. “scraping”) EMMA Web Server Internal Map RICK Conversion To GIS Format Remote Data Remote Data Remote Data GML XML Relate Incident Maps Remote Data Feature Ingestion Scheduled Harvesting MEGIN Secure GIS Portal EMMA Web Server Internal Map Relate Incident Maps RICK Conversion To GIS Format GML XML Custom (i.e. “scraping”) Remote Data Remote Data Remote Data Remote Data Scheduled Harvesting ArcIMS Spatial Server Database Connection ArcSDE GIS Database Server GIS Data ArcIMS Spatial Server ArcSDE GIS Database Server Database Connection GIS Data Shared Map Oracle Security Component Shared Map Shared Map Shared Map Oracle Security Component

12. Metadata Repository Public Internet MMRG Repository Geospatial Resources Public Access Post Search NSDI MMRG Survey MMRG Repository Sensitive Geospatial Resources Search Post Emergency Access Emergency Personnel MEGIN Survey MEGIN Repository Secure Intranet Firewall Harvesting

13. Sharing Information About Your Data

14. MEGIN Domain Rights Management User Directory Authentication Engine Authorization Engine User Web Client Client Domain Portal Home Login Screen Digital Certificate User Name Password Digital Certificate Authenticated Search for Data Authorized Metadata Tables Metadata Security Tables Web Service Security Map Service Session Token Search Results Publish Data Monitoring Policy Manager Remote Data Provider Domain User Name Password Digital Certificate Connection Information IPSEC IPSEC Audit Logs Data Sharing Policies User Name Password Digital Certificate SSL SSL Version 1.0.1 March 15, 2004 MEGIN Security Concept

15. MEGIN Portal

17. Questions? Matthew S. Felton Associate Director, Center for GIS Towson University 410-704-5292 [email_address] John M. Morgan, III, Ph.D. Director, Center for GIS Towson University 410-704-2964 [email_address] Maryland Mapping Resource Guide http://www.MarylandGIS.net/interoperability ©