TY - JOUR
T1 - Standardised geo-sensor webs and web-based geo-processing for near real-time situational awareness in emergency management
AU - Sagl, Guenther
AU - Resch, Bernd
AU - Mittlboeck, Manfred
AU - Hochwimmer, Barbara
AU - Lippautz, Michael
AU - Roth, Cornelius
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Up-to-date, accurate, and reliable information is fundamental for time-critical decision support and sustainable emergency management. In this paper, we show how standardised geo-sensor webs, in combination with web-based geo-processing, can enhance efficiency in emergency response and management, demonstrated in the field of radiation safety. We focus on end user and information requirements and show how ‘live’ spatial-temporal analysis results of near real-time and mobile radioactive radiation sensor measurements can enhance the situational awareness of rescue forces for near real-time decision support. We validated our approach technically and methodologically through a radiation safety exercise. The end user feedback confirmed that this ‘live’ workflow can enhance the decision support and the emergency information management through near real-time situation awareness during and after a damaging event.
AB - Up-to-date, accurate, and reliable information is fundamental for time-critical decision support and sustainable emergency management. In this paper, we show how standardised geo-sensor webs, in combination with web-based geo-processing, can enhance efficiency in emergency response and management, demonstrated in the field of radiation safety. We focus on end user and information requirements and show how ‘live’ spatial-temporal analysis results of near real-time and mobile radioactive radiation sensor measurements can enhance the situational awareness of rescue forces for near real-time decision support. We validated our approach technically and methodologically through a radiation safety exercise. The end user feedback confirmed that this ‘live’ workflow can enhance the decision support and the emergency information management through near real-time situation awareness during and after a damaging event.
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/standardised-geosensor-webs-webbased-geoprocessing-near-realtime-situational-awareness-emergency-man
U2 - 10.1504/ijbcrm.2012.051869
DO - 10.1504/ijbcrm.2012.051869
M3 - Article
SN - 1758-2164
VL - 3
SP - 339
JO - International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management
JF - International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management
IS - 4
ER -