emma overview

Product Overview

Copyright © 2005 Towson University Center for Geographic Information SciencesCenter for Geographic Information Sciences

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Matt FeltonChief Operating OfficerCenter for Geographic Information SciencesTowson University

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EMMA Components

• Users– Locator Module– Location Reporting– Map Visualization– Remote Map Service Integration

• Administrators– Administration Interface– Remote Interoperability Connector Kit (RICK)

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Launch Page

• Define Location• Mapping• Reporting

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Locator Module

• Identifying an incident location– By coordinates– By address– By map click

• Standard homeland security symbolization

• Can be integrated • with CIMS (WebEOC)

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Location Reports

• One-click reporting• Customizable• Easily shared with other

applications

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EMMA Map Visualization Module

• Map window• Layer List• Tools• Results

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Working with the EMMA Layer List

• Grouped into categories• Checkbox to control visibility• Must click “refresh” to update map• Draws from bottom to top• Map legend• Scale dependency• Metadata

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What tools are available within EMMA?

• Navigation Tools– Change the “where”

• Analysis Tools– Ask questions of the map

• Display Tools– Printing, clearing selection, adding

data from another server

• Incident Tools– Event-specific

• Other (tabs)– Overview, options, help

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Linking to Real Time Data (examples)

• Hospital status (MIEMSS)• Stream flow (USGS)• Weather (AWS)• Properties (SDAT)• Traffic (SHA)

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EMMA / WebEOC Interoperability

• Sending information from WebEOC to EMMA– Define an event location– Generate a location report– Viewing all events

• Importing information from EMMA into WebEOC– Sharing a location report– Sharing an EMMA map in MapTac

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Remote Map Service Integration

• ArcIMS connections• OGC WMS connections• Stored connections (favorites)

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Administration Interface

• Incident layers management

• Local mapservice categorization

• Quick report creation/editing• Remote mapservice setup

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Remote Interoperability Connector Kit (RICK)

• Feature extraction from remote sources

• Scheduled harvesting• Templates for custom

configuration

GISDatabase

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Real-TimeData

Public / PrivateDatabases

Web Pages

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Help / Support

• User manual• Help menu• Online support• Tutorial mode

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Questions?

Matthew S. FeltonChief Operating Officer, Center for GIS

Towson University410-704-5292

mfelton@towson.edu

http://cgis.towson.edu

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