Emergency Response through Collaborative Crisis Management Bojan Cestnik Temida d.o.o. Ljubljana Slovenia Artur Rocha INESC Porto Porto Portugal Martin Endig IFF Magdeburg Germany 30.3.2005 1
Contents Information technology and crisis management Collaborative crisis management in MEDSI GIS and geospatial interoperability Symbology and information fusion Conclusion 30.3.2005 2
Introduction Advancing the field of crisis management in Europe Information as a resource The right information to the right people at the right time Integration from various sources in a meaningful way EU FP6 project MEDSI Employ modern IT to increase preparedness to respond in emergency situations 30.3.2005 3
Relationship: damage - time Damage d4 d3 d2 d1 5 10 15 20 Turn-out time (min) Source: Swedish Rescue Service Agency, Karlstad, Risc Management Division 30.3.2005 4
MEDSI partners 30.3.2005 5
Collaborative Crisis Management Several organizations involved under coordination of Crisis Center Police Firemen Emergency Health&Care... other civilian organizations Hospitals Municipalities Meteorology Service Organizations need to act coordinately Exchange information Understand each others information Know real-time sensor data 30.3.2005 6
Collaborative Crisis Management Requirements for collaborative crisis management distributed access to external data sources for real-time data using web services for regular data e.g: number of available beds in a Hospital e.g: water level provided by sensor networks using Open Geospatial Consortium (OCG) compliant implementations for GI e.g: meteorology /environmental information backed up by a large local repository for static data... some managed by MEDSI other uploaded to the crisis center upon agreement with the responsible organization 30.3.2005 7
Collaborative Crisis Management Requirements for collaborative crisis management (cont.) distributed work environment also inside the crisis center need for workflow support need to freeze and share a view of the work environment including GI views! common understanding of symbology symbology generator based on metadata descriptions 30.3.2005 8
Interoperable GI Access Use of an OGC compliant WMS and WFS client to access external geo-data sources but also internal geo-data sources Finding registered data sources by means of a Catalog Service Currently, MEDSI prototype is accessing data from a deegree server a GeoMedia (Intergraph) server a UMN MapServer 30.3.2005 9
Interoperable GI Access I Crisis Management Center MEDSI rich client Other EM Specific Tools Symbology Generator WMS&WFS Client Analysis Tools Planning Tools Catalog Browser External GI Providers MEDSI server side OGC Web Feature Server File Upload Service OGC Web Feature Server OGC Web Map Server Catalog Service Geo-data Sources E.g.: Environmental/Weather Monitoring Service Uploaded Geo-data MEDSI DB (geocoded objects) Orthophotos/ Raster Data Other Web Services OGC Web Map Server Geo-data Sources E.g.: Satellite Imagery Service 30.3.2005 10
Interoperable GI Access II WMS / WFS 1 MEDSI Schema Geo Data Info Sources View Management Catalog Catalog Symbology Symbology Operations Operations Reports Reports Planning Planning Analysis Analysis Administration Administration Information Information Collection Collection Dissemination Dissemination Web Services Communication Communication Web Service Common Alerting Protocol 30.3.2005 11
Interoperable GI Access 30.3.2005 12
Symbology Representation of objects on the map point, line, area, volume Information content of a map with symbols cognitive methods, information overload Information fusion simplification generalization symbolization 30.3.2005 13
Symbology Symbol components: Principles: Stored icons (32x32), generated symbols Commonly used symbols Minimize symbol confusion Additional information with graphic operations Example: blurred symbol for uncertainty 30.3.2005 14
Overview of modern trends I OGC (www.opengeospatial.org) SMS (Style Management Service): mapping from features to parametrized symbols SLD (Styled Layer Descriptor): XML based descriptor Kent State University, Ohio (U. Dymon) Symbology analysis Theoretical framework for designing emergency mapping symbols State university of New York at Buffalo (A. Bisantz et al.) Cognitive approaches to symbology aiming at increasing human performace Information content of a map - information overload, data fusion, information fusion Approaches to dynamic symbol design Evaluation based on experiments 30.3.2005 15
Overview of modern trends II Approach to standardization United States Department of Agriculture (2004): Standard Geospatial Symbology 30.3.2005 16
Symbology Basic icons browser: 30.3.2005 17
Symbology Generated symbols I: 30.3.2005 18
Symbology Generated symbols II: Sport F Industry F Athletics Bernabeu Factory Paint Bruguer First level Second level Third level Speciality Name Activities Documents Equipment Events Files Imagery Organizations People Places Relationship Airport facilities Harbour facilities General civil facilities Cultural facilities Mass media facilities Free time facilities Sport facilities Telecommunications facilities Firms facilities Electrical facilities Railway facilities Governmental facilities Hydraulic facilities Hydroelectric facilities Industrial facilities International facilities Law facilities Military facilities Oil bearing facilities Police facilities Chemical facilities Religious facilities Medical facilities Firemen facilities Natural spaces 30.3.2005 19
Symbology ontology Atmosphere (Objects, Events, Processes) Ocean (Objects, Events, Processes) Hydrology Surface hydrology (Objects, Events, Processes) Groundwater (Objects, Events, Processes) Terestrial ecology Plants (Objects, Events, Processes) Animals (Objects, Beeings, Events, Processes) Urban Ecology, environment (Physical objects; Individual living beeings; Social entities; Events, incidents; Processes) Sociology, people, citizen (PISEP) Economics, commercial (PISEP) Administration, law (PISEP) Transportation Objects or substances moved (PISEP) Modes of transport (Rail; Road; Sea, lake, river; Air) Fixed infrastructure nodes (PISEP) Fixed infrastructure links (PISEP) 30.3.2005 20
Symbology Demo symbol transparency 30.3.2005 21
Conclusion Collaborative crisis management in MEDSI Web services: from external datasources to sensor networks interfacing The issue of data ownership: legislative framework, standardization Symbology: cognitive view, ontology, standards Further work: next iteration within MEDSI Symbology line, area, volume dynamic symbol generation 30.3.2005 22