MARPLOT Beta

Joseph MastandreaEmergency Response and Crisis Plan Manager

Orange County Public Schools

Additional Affiliations

PresentAdjunct Instructor, Louisiana State University National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (4+ years)

PastCAMEO / MARPLOT / ALOHA Course Manager and Instructor, Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (7+ years)

The Suite

Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO)

Mapping Application for Response, Planning and Local Operational Tasks (MARPLOT)

Areal Locations of Hazardous Materials (ALOHA)

LandView

The Balance Sheet

Benefits– Developed by Federal

Agencies– Runs quickly on most

MS and Mac platforms– When you download

CAMEO the chemical library is included

– Popular with planners and responders

– Focus response efforts– Free training available

Limitations– Developed by Federal

Agencies – on “Census time”

– Statistical predictions of vulnerable zones resemble weather forecasts

– Statistical models do not consider topography

MARPLOT Today

Today you can obtain MARPLOT packaged in two different ways– As a free standalone - download from EPA at

http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/marplot – Packaged US Census data and Landview via http://

www.census.gov/geo/landview/ (entire US on 2 DVDs at $129) or http://atlas.lsu.edu/landview5/ (one state at a time for free)

Download additional county maps for free at http://web-services.gov/mmaps/index.htm

MARPLOT Today

List -> Map List, Find New Map, navigate to the .map

MARPLOT Today

MARPLOT BetaDownloads with the continental US and

state maps

As you zoom in, MARPLOT automatically downloads any needed local maps and displays them

Looks more like a highway map, online mapping program or atlas

Uses the same navigation buttons as the current MARPLOT

MARPLOT TODAY

Deriving a population estimate from an area: Draw polygon or plot plume Select polygon or plume List menu -> Search…

– Objects inside or touched by– Set layer to Census Block Points– Search, Show All on Map

Sharing menu -> LandView -> Get Info Summarize

Simplified Population Estimates

Download (if needed)

MARPLOT Beta

Aerial Photos Today

Select for or search for an USGS-GNIS object in LandView

Click the “Web Link” buttonOn the web page, click “View USGS

Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ)”Save the file to your computerCreate a new layer or open an existing

layer, bring in the photo and geo-reference (a long process taking several steps)

Aerial Photos in the Beta

Topo Maps Today

Select for or search for an USGS-GNIS object in LandView

Click the “Web Link” button

On the web page, click “View USGS Digital Raster Graphic or Topozone.com”

Like aerial photos, topo maps must be saved, placed in a layer and geo-referenced

Topop maps in the Beta

Hands-on Demonstration

Standard “beta software” disclaimers apply

You are about to see the latest beta which is the fourth in the series

General release and availability are scheduled for early 2009

Some of the menus, dialog boxes and features are not complete

Training Resources

Dwayne Mundy, North Central Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee

Free DHS FEMA National Preparedness Directorate (NPD) National Integration Center (NIC), Training and Exercise Integration Secretariat (TEI), Training Operations (TO) via FDEM (our SAA)– PER 229 Intro to CAMEO (-1 TTT)– MGT 320 Utilizing CAMEO in WMD (-1 TTT)

Questions?