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The major goal of this work is to develop a web GIS-based platform integrating geographic information from different sources to provide additional information to civil protection entities. It will integrate official geographic information (GI), Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and physical sensors data. This paper presents an analysis on how the VGI data from multiple sources and with different...
Three case studies of how two new emergency informatics tools--unmanned aerial vehicles and social media--were used to manage the 2015 Memorial Day weekend floods in Texas illustrate fundamental challenges and opportunities for computing research.
In case of emergencies over large areas satellite remote sensing data can become a crucial source of information for disaster management and response allowing the recognition and assessment of damages to populated areas and traffic infrastructure, the identification of focus areas, and an efficient coordination of rescue actions. On 12 May 2008, an earthquake of approximately 8.0 Ms (according to...
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