This week’s emerging theme focuses on the topic of looking at disasters and maintaining situation awareness in (near) real time. To complete this section, you will need to:
For this exercise, we are going to focus primarily on the Solutions for Emergency Management [1] apps that have been developed by Esri and are based on their suite of ArcGIS technologies, especially cloud and web-based GIS services. Also, see Esri’s Disaster Response Program [2] website for the help the company offers during emergencies. There are other systems out there, some that leverage major industry platforms and some that are developed in-house from open-source software (e.g., recall InaSAFE [3], PDC [4], and even Google Crisis Response [5]).
Regardless of the system being used, they have similar goals such as providing:
Before developing your own situation awareness app, have a look at the two videos and the optional reading below. The first (short) video is an overview of a case study where these approaches are used by the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES). The second (longer) video provides more detailed examples about incorporating live data feeds into a situational awareness app and dashboard using Esri tools. These concepts are further discussed in the optional reading from The ArcGIS Book.
I know this is a long video. If you don't have time to watch the entire video, please have a look at the first 10-15 minutes or so.
Chapter 9: Mapping The Internet Of Things [7] from The ArcGIS Book
As a companion to the two videos, you might want to have a look at this book chapter from Esri. At least keep it in mind as a resource as you work through the rest of the exercise.
There is no Emerging Theme Discussion this week.
The next page will provide you with the details of the Exercise and writing assignment that are due this week.
Links
[1] https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-for-emergency-management
[2] https://www.esri.com/en-us/disaster-response/overview
[3] http://inasafe.org/
[4] https://www.pdc.org/
[5] https://crisisresponse.google/products
[6] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog858/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog858/files/Lesson_05/Files/Leveraging%20Live%20Feeds%20for%20Situational%20Awareness%20Transcript.docx
[7] https://learn.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-book/chapter9/