public sphere: gov 2.0 - raul vera
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February 7, 2009
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fires started sat 7 feb
still danger a week+ later
some fires burned a month
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many fires, across the state
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up to date information
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official sourcesCountry Fire Authority:
private landswww.cfa.vic.gov.au
Dept of Sustainability and Environment:public lands
www.dse.vic.gov.au
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problem #1
server load
500 Server Error
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problem #2
locating these places
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siblinglives here
friendʼs elderlyparents here
friend liveshere
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but where are the fires?
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who needs to know?people in danger
friends and family
people followingthe news
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sunday morning
started thinking weshould do something
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version one
process CFA RSS feed
geocode locations
publish as an interactive map
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version two
automate geocoding
auto-refresh the map
search, links to relief agencies
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slight issue
Fire service data not always clean
“5KM SE WARBUTON TRK”
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step three
satellite imagery
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NASA MODIS
TERRA and AQUA
250m resolution
daily coverage
IR detectors
rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov
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polar orbitonline withina few hours
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made mapembeddable
news sites
peak:8M map views/day
sustained:60 hits/sec
blog postshomepage promo
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benefits
better understanding of the fire scale
took load off fire service websites
reassurance for the worried
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enable people to reuseyour data
lesson
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geocoded RSS ➙ maps=
map of family/friends
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going forward
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geocoded RSS
moreplease
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more than fires
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geo spatialinformation
conveys vitalinformation
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alertsevacuations
disasters
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how to ensure accuracy, timeliness?
very real concern fordisaster-relief agencies
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create clear license
lay out terms for re-use
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timeliness
attribution
links
for instance
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structure
attach times to data
attach locations to data
use georss
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prevent misuse selectively
e.g. limit precision locating urban fires
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you arenʼt the only one with a use for
your data
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open data
especially when livesmay depend on it