bushfire connect
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BUSHFIRE CONNECT
Leveraging Citizen Sensors and Spatial Information Standards for Australian Bushfire Management
MAURITS VAN DER VLUGTSpatial Information strategist
OVERVIEW
Background Why Bushfire Connect? What does it do? Status
Q&A
7 FEB 2009 - BLACK SATURDAY
Worst Bushfires in State of Victoria Burnt1 Million Football Fields Displaced 7,500 people 2000 houses lost 173 dead
INFORMATION BREAKDOWN
Official Agencies & Emergency Services Slow & Overwhelmed 000 ( ~911) overloaded
No alternative sources Rumours & Misinformation
Evacuations: too late and misdirected.
COMMUNITY NEED
Grass roots community reporting Fast, localised, community driven
Integration with Official Sources Integrate with agency feeds Inform Emergency Services (add to COP)
Crisis Mapping 2.0!
ENTER USHAHIDI… Open Source, Citizen
Reporting, since 2008 Citizen Reporting &
Alerting Crisis Mapping 2.0 tool
of choice Haiti & Chile Earthquakes Gulf of Mexico Oilspill Egyptian elections (5x!!) Pakistan Floods Etc, Etc..
USHAHIDI – BUSHFIRE CONNECT
Twitter: @bushfireconnect
http://bushfireconnect.org
BUSHFIRE CONNECT
Community Powered
Community Resilience
Integrate Crowd Sourced and Official Information
INCIDENT REPORTS
SMS Web-Form Geo-RSS Emails Tweets
INCIDENT ALERTS – OPT IN
SMS Email RSS…
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Since May 2010 Working prototype up and running Small team of volunteers (up to 7 people) $1200 cash
Next steps Local Trials in Dec 2010 ‘Live’ in January Fundraising!
STANDARDS? - THEY’RE JUST THERE! (Geo-) RSS (in-/out) KML/KMZ WMS/WFS (through KML)
Opportunities CAP WMS/WFS out Other?
SUMMARY
Black Saturday – Information Breakdown Community Needs – Crisis Information 2.0 Bushfire Connect
Community powered Integrate crowd-sourced and official information
Standards: They’re just there!
THAT’S IT… THANKS FOR LISTENING
Maurits.vandervlugt@mercuryps.com.au
http://spatial21.blogspot.com
http://bushfireconnect.org
Twitter: @mvandervlugt
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