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Mobile Rapid Response Geospatial Data

Delivery System for Washington DC

Adam TimmTom GertinChris Noble

Gregg Heitkamp

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Introduction

• In emergency situations, accurate, timely information is

critical

• Emergency responders need information delivered to

them on systems, and in formats that are easy to use,

understand, and interact with.

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Key Concepts

• Design the end user application with mobility in mind

• Current online mapping applications (Google Maps, Bing

Maps, etc) are designed to dynamically adjust to the

viewing screen size

• Mobile GIS applications should leverage these services

and overlay situation specific information.

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Possible data sources

• Commercial news sources

• Commercial imagery sources

• Social media outlets

• Local and National data sources

• Emergency responder on the scene

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Data Processing/Management

• Computer Aided Dispatch

(CAD)

• Data gets routed

• Manage resources

• Relay communications

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Unified Communications Center (UCC)

• Built in 2006, $116 million

• Brought together multiple

agencies

• Back-up facility

• 16 servers

• 150 workstations

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Existing Process

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Database Backend

• Oracle 10g

• Security measures

• Relational Database

Management System

(RDBMS)

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Proposed System Improvements

Cameras / sensors

Enhanced Visualization(ESRI tools)

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Data analysis conceptual basis

• Automated data analysis

works for simple problems

• Manual data analysis

needed for complex

problems

• Specialty knowledge/

experience

• Mixed data format

• Human impactGridlock on the beltway from http://www.wordpress.com

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Analysis framework and requirements

• Computer-assisted dispatch

• Analyze data and manage

response resources

• On-call subject matter

experts

• Expert teams model

• HHS Emergency

Command Center

• CAD-to-CAD exchange

Computer-assisted dispatcher from http://en.wikipedia.org

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Scenario 1—chemical spill

• A tanker truck crashes and

liquid chlorine spills…

• …outside the Capital

• …entering a tunnel

• …near a Metrorail

• Instead of chlorine, the

spilled liquid is…

• …hydrogen cyanide

• …nitrogen

Tanker truck spill from http://www.truckaccidents360.com

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Scenario 2—run on over-the-counter medicine

• OTC cough syrup sales

peak in December…

• …nationwide

• …at all DC pharmacies

• …at select pharmacies

• Instead of December, the

peak is in July

• Instead of cough syrup, the

medicine is an antifungal

Pharmacy from http://www.mnazman.com

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Data Dissemination

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Data Dissemination (Pushing)

Ways of dissemination 1) LAN lines 2) Radio Broadcast 3) Cell Phone Towers 4) Emergency Mobile broadcasting units

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Dissemination to Responders

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Mobile Rapid Response Geospatial Data Delivery SystemSummary

• Data Acquisition / Collection

• Local / national data and news

• Data Processing/ Management

• Unified Communications Center

• Data Analysis

• Automated and Manual Analysis

• Data Dissemination

• Get information out to responders