This presentation has some great discussion on the macro technology trends as well as overviews of new and emerging technologies and concepts that can be applied to disaster work.

1. Technology Trends for
Situational Awareness
Brandon Greenberg, MPA, CEM
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Brandon@DisasterNet.co +1 (571)-314-0880www.disasternet.co
NYU International Center For Enterprise Preparedness (InterCEP)
Global Risk Forum
December 17, 2014

2. Agenda
I. Situational Awareness (SA)
II. Key Trends
III. New and Emerging Technologies
IV. Wrap-Up
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3. Where Does Situation Awareness Fit In?
SA = “State of Knowledge”
3 Levels of SA
1. Perception
2. Comprehension
3. Projection
Shared/Team SA vs. Distributed SA
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Endsley, M. R. (1995). Toward a Theory of Situation Awareness
in Dynamic Systems. Human Factors, 37(1), 32–64.

4. Technology Trends
1) Emphasis on user experience and visualization
2) Humans and computers working together
3) More “open” and “geo-based” systems
4) Data/information is the primary commodity
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5. Technology Trends - Drivers
1) Increasing scale and complexity in operations
2) Networked/net-centric world
3) Citizen participation is alive
4) Data/information availability and access.
5) Technological advancement
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6. Challenges
1. Defining “valuable” information.
2. Adequacy of existing data/information policies and procedures.
3. Ability to compare unique technologies.
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7. The Technology Landscape
TECHNOLOGY TYPES
I. Dashboards and Workflows
II. Open Data
III. SMS
IV. Networks
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
1. Where does the data/information come
from? How is it gathered?
2. What is the “right” data/information?
3. Where are these technologies best
leveraged in my organization’s operations?
Can employees be leveraged more?
4. Is technology the best answer to the
problems we face?
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8. Dashboards and
Workflows
INCLUDING: CROWDSOURCING AND MICROTASKING
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9. Disaster Assistance and Assessment
Dashboard (DAAD) (Appalicious)
“Visualizes nearby
environmental hazards, and
allows local government to
identify community resources to
aid in recovery.”
www.appallicious.com/daad/
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10. Geofeedia
“Search, monitor and analyze
real-time social media
content by location, from
anywhere in the world, with a
single click.”
www.geofeedia.com
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11. Crisis Cleanup
“Open Source Disaster Relief
Mapping and Work Coordination.”
www.crisiscleanup.org/
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12. DeployPro
DeployPro allows users to submit GPS locations,
photos, voice recordings, and notes to incident
command and contains first aid and general
reference information for CERT volunteers.
www.deploypro.net
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13. SeeClickFix
“Report neighborhood issues and see
them get fixed.”
www.SeeClickFix.com
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14. TruvianLabs
“Truvian makes it easy to
create and share beautiful
maps and reports with your
GIS data.”
www.truvian.com
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15. MicroMappers
“Combine human computing (smart crowd-
sourcing) with machine computing (artificial
intelligence) to filter, fuse and map a variety of
different data types such as text, photo, video
and satellite/aerial imagery.”
www.micromappers.wordpress.com
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16. CrowdMap (Ushahidi)
Create your own crisis maps.
www.crowdmap.com
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17. Internet Response League
IRL enables and encourages
video gamers to support
response efforts by helping
organize and make actionable
the overwhelming amounts of
data generated by disasters.
www.internet-response-
league.com/
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18. GeoQ
“GeoQ crowdsources geo-tagged photos
of disaster-affected areas to assess
damage over large regions. Programmers
can use the existing services and add
features to customize the GeoQ code for
their own community.“
Github.com/ngageooint
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19. Open Data
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20. LanternLive
“Lantern Live is a mobile app that allows users
to report the operational status of local gas
stations, find fuel, and look up power outage
maps from local utilities, while also accessing
useful tips and guidelines.”
Google Play Store
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21. OnTheMap for EM
OnTheMap is a free public data tool from
the U.S. Census Bureau that provides an
intuitive web-based interface for
accessing U.S. population and workforce
statistics, in real time, for areas being
affected by natural disasters.
www.onthemap.ces.census.gov/em/
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22. ShakeMap/ShakeCast
“ShakeMap and ShakeCast are post-
earthquake information tools for rapid
situational awareness, using data from
seismic monitoringsystems to help
emergency managers gauge an
earthquake’s impact and plan response
activities.”
www.earthquake.usgs.gov
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23. Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)
The Humanitarian Data
Exchange (HDX) makes
humanitarian data easy to find
and use for analysis.
www.data.hdx.rwlabs.org
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24. Disaster.Data.Gov
This portal features disaster-related datasets,
tools, and updates.
www.data.gov/disasters/
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25. Open Humanitarian Initiative
“OHI strives to revolutionize how
information is shared in humanitarian
response by engaging nongovernmental
organizations, academic institutions,
private sector technology companies,
donors and governments in a shared
vision that advocates for open data.”
www.ohi.nethope.org
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26. Rx Open
Rx Open is an online tool that maps
the location of open pharmacies
during disasters using Google Maps,
and also shows which pharmacies are
closed and those whose status is
unknown.
www.rxopen.org
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27. SMS
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28. FrontlineSMS
“Frontline builds professional SMS
management tools that help you
reach more than 3 billion people
with the phone already in their
pocket.”
www.frontlinesms.com
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29. Twilio Open Source SMS
“From emergency response to
community organization, Twilio built
the basic [SMS] communications apps
you need so you can spend less time
coding and more time making an
impact.”
Twilio Open Source Rapid Response Kit
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30. Networks
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31. FirstNet
“FirstNet is building the team that will
create the first nationwide wireless
broadband network dedicated to
public safety. See our current
opportunities and consider joining our
team.”
www.firstnet.gov
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32. LDLN
“LDLN is developing inexpensive,
distributed local data hubs and mobile
apps to immediately address
damaged communication
infrastructures that are unfortunately
common of natural disasters.”
www.ldln.co
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33. BRCK
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“The go anywhere, do anything,
self-powered, mobile WiFi device.”
www.brck.com

34. Thank You
Questions?
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