Situational AwarenessSituational Awareness& Common Operating & Common Operating PicturePicture

A new tool available soon through A new tool available soon through HSEMHSEM

March 31, 2010March 31, 2010

Emergency Emergency Management GIS in Management GIS in MNMN

State, Federal &Other GIS Partners•Existing SEOC GIS Workgroup•Assists SEOC in GIS Planning & Technology Projects•Focus is interoperation with SEOC

GIS Professionals Interested in Emergency Management•A New Group•May choose to assist local governments

LiaisonReps

HSEM Lead; MnGeo Assists MnGeo Lead; HSEM Assists

Common Operating Picture Mechanisms:•HSIN-MN Portal: GIS COIs (Still in Process)•Service-driven Geospatial Viewer•DLAN & DLAN GIS: Internal to SEOC

Cross-Over: Events/Incidents/Exercises/Training

SEOC

Business NeedBusiness Need Current informationCurrent information Specific to homeland security and emergency Specific to homeland security and emergency

managementmanagement Geospatial relational understandingGeospatial relational understanding Driven by consumed GIS servicesDriven by consumed GIS services Configurable for various situationsConfigurable for various situations Customizable for various audiencesCustomizable for various audiences Secure, if requiredSecure, if required

Service-based,Service-based,Federated Federated ApproachApproach Hardware at DPS carries little dataHardware at DPS carries little data Services pushed out by agency Services pushed out by agency

partners are consumed by viewerpartners are consumed by viewer Service ‘owners’ maintain dataService ‘owners’ maintain data HSEM/SEOC may also create and HSEM/SEOC may also create and

publish services – later phase publish services – later phase

ApproachApproach Fast-track ‘skunkworks’ initiallyFast-track ‘skunkworks’ initially Phased approachPhased approach

– Phase 1Phase 1 Development/Limited Roll-out: NOWDevelopment/Limited Roll-out: NOW

– Phase 2Phase 2 Services Discovery and Build-out: ParallelServices Discovery and Build-out: Parallel Widget Discovery and Build-out: ParallelWidget Discovery and Build-out: Parallel

– Phase 3: Phase 3: DLAN Connection through DLAN-Published FeedsDLAN Connection through DLAN-Published Feeds Remote reporting and interactionRemote reporting and interaction

Public/Private Public/Private PartnershipPartnership State Emergency Operations Center State Emergency Operations Center

GIS Working GroupGIS Working Group ESRI ESRI

– Especially Dan Falbo and Evan MarshallEspecially Dan Falbo and Evan Marshall MnGeoMnGeo

In near-real-timeIn near-real-time River/stream gauge dataRiver/stream gauge data Road status from MnDOT and select Road status from MnDOT and select

countiescounties NWS Weather ProductsNWS Weather Products More to come!More to come!

The ResultThe Result

Technology UsedTechnology Used ESRI Flex-based COP Viewer TemplateESRI Flex-based COP Viewer Template Virtual Windows 2008 ServerVirtual Windows 2008 Server ArcGIS Server Enterprise StandardArcGIS Server Enterprise Standard ArcSDE ServerArcSDE Server ArcInfo / ArcCatalogArcInfo / ArcCatalog Physical Microsoft SQL Server 2008ePhysical Microsoft SQL Server 2008e Existing DPS NetworkExisting DPS Network

Future PlansFuture Plans Addition of more services to accommodate Addition of more services to accommodate

our partnersour partners Expanded use of widgets and custom widget Expanded use of widgets and custom widget

developmentdevelopment Better KML/KMZ capabilityBetter KML/KMZ capability A second viewer integrated into DisasterLAN A second viewer integrated into DisasterLAN

– using SilverLight technology– using SilverLight technology Redundancy and Fail-overRedundancy and Fail-over

High Priority NeedHigh Priority Need

AANewNew

Name!Name!

Questions?Questions?

John K. BloodJohn K. BloodSenior Planner, DLAN/OperationsSenior Planner, DLAN/Operations

john.blood@state.mn.usjohn.blood@state.mn.us651-201-7449651-201-7449