geospatial standards in emergency management
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What are the opportunities, drivers and obstacles for using (open) geospatial standards across emergency management agenciesTRANSCRIPT
EXAMINING STRATEGIES FOR GEOSPATIAL INTEROPERABILITY
MAURITS VAN DER VLUGT
Spatial Information Strategist, Mercury Project Solutions
Co-Chair, Disaster Management Working Group,Open GeoSpatial Consortium (OGC)
(GEOSPATIAL) STANDARDS ARE BORING
Boffin Stuff Don’t save lives
or property Not a good
conversation topic
“We can't share maps on the Web.”
”We can't deliver data to different systems.”
"We don't have a common language to speak about our geospatial data or our services.”
"We can't find and pull together data from our automated sensors.”
“We have security issues relating to geospatial data exchange.”
HAVE YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE?
JAN 2011: FLOODMAPS AS PDF
VIC ROYAL COMMISSION (2010)
WHAT CAN STANDARDS BRING? Different Systems in Different Agencies
Communicate Seamlessly Securely While retaining information content and accuracy
Interoperability! “My stuff works with your stuff, and I don’t care
where it is, how it works and what the format is.”
(Lesley Wyborn – Geoscience Australia)
A SAMPLE –BLUE SKY - SCENARIO
Demonstrator Scene National disaster claims centre for Metropolitan Insurance
Company (MIC)
Type of Incident Damage prevention and assessment as the result of a severe
thunderstorm
Incident Site Liverpool / Blacktown NSW
Main Actors Nicole – national claims manager Brian – console operator
WHAT WILL WE BE SEEING?
1. Live data alert
2. Preventive Action
3. Impact Analysis
4. Claims Analysis
5. Publishing
STORM WARNING COMES IN
Mid-afternoon on a busy weekday
Storm approaching Liverpool / Blacktown, tracking south-easterly
BOM issues severe weather alert for Liverpool / Blacktown area
Brian is on duty in MIC control centre
Receives the severe weather alert and previews alert
1. Live data alert
2. Preventive Action
3. Impact Analysis
4. Claims Analysis
5. PublishingPlay Movie
(press ‘Esc’ to stop)
A storm is advancing into the Sydney Area The BOM Radar detects the thunderstorm…And broadcasts a warning emailThe Metropolitan Insurance Co receive the email
1.11.1
The Map Viewer is loaded from PerthIn turn, the viewer loads the predefined map…
1.11.1
SCENE 2 – POTENTIAL THREAT ASSESSMENT
Brian starts up MIC GIS System
Adds live weather feeds from BOM on his console
Nicole defines “threat zone” Asks to see impact on MIC’s
policy portfolio Property & Motor vehicles # of policy holders affected Total insured value Estimated Claims exposure
Instructs call centre not to accept any more business in the area
1. Live data alert
2. Preventive Action
3. Impact Analysis
4. Claims Analysis
5. Publishing
Play Movie (press ‘Esc’ to stop)
The MIC GIS reads base map from PSMA / Mapwerks…Weather information from the Bureau of Meteorologyand adds policy holders from the MIC database
1.21.2
SCENE 3 - INITIAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
Within hours, MIC starts receiving claims.
All calls are logged and geocoded.
Early indications that severe damage is concentrated in 3 areas
Based on claims concentration and (verbal) SES reports
Warwick Farm, Lansvale & Chipping Norton
Brian creates initial damage/affected areas
Nicole arranges for a contractor to fly the affected areas to take high resolution aerial photography.
1. Live data alert
2. Preventive Action
3. Impact Analysis
4. Claims Analysis
5. Publishing
Play Movie (press ‘Esc’ to stop)
SCENE 3 – IMPACT ANALYSIS
Aerial photography contractor provides imagery via a web service
Brian starts specialised Image Analysis tool Compares “before” and
“after” imagery Refines affected areas
1. Live data alert
2. Preventive Action
3. Impact Analysis
4. Claims Analysis
5. PublishingPlay Movie
(press ‘Esc’ to stop)View Online
(opens browser window)
New aerial photography is flown…And compared with previous archival photography
1.5-1.71.5-1.7
To define affected areas
SCENE 4 – CLAIMS ANALYSIS
Nicole spots inconsistencies in expected pattern of claims
Claims outside affected areas
Policy holders in affected areas not submitting claims
Earmarks these claims/policies for further investigation
1. Live data alert
2. Preventive Action
3. Impact Analysis
4. Claims Analysis
5. Publishing
1.81.8
PoliciesPolicies
ClaimsClaims
Claim in affected areaClaim in affected area
No claim in affected areaNo claim in affected area
Claim NOT in affected areaClaim NOT in affected area
Spatial analysis of claims
SCENE 5 - PUBLISHING
> Brian prepares customised map data and publishes this on the MIC Intranet for loss assessors to use
1. Live data alert
2. Preventive Action
3. Impact Analysis
4. Claims Analysis
5. PublishingPlay Movie
(press ‘Esc’ to stop)
WHAT DID WE SEE?
Weather alert issued with live data viewer Helps MIC assess event significance
1. Live data alert
2. Preventive Action
3. Impact Analysis
4. Claims Analysis
5. Publishing
> Predicted storm track helps define threat areao Exclude new policies; warn policy holders by SMSo Save time and money
> “Before” and “after” imagery serviceso Change analysiso Accurately define affected areas
> Identify anomalieso Better service deliveryo Efficient use of resources
> Publish once, use manyo Standard maps to assist assessors
1. Live data alert
2. Preventive Action
3. Impact Analysis
4. Claims Analysis
5. Publishing
BLUE SKY?
Demonstrated in 2005 Live, online web services 6 different vendors & systems Out-of-the-box technology Using Open Geospatial Standards
So why don’t we have this working in 2011?
OPEN GEOSPATIAL (OR LOCATION) STANDARDS
© 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium
Mary McRae, OASIS
Standards are like parachutes: they work best when they're open.
WHAT IS AN OPEN STANDARD?
Freely and publicly available,Non discriminatory,
No license feesand
Agreed through formal consensus, Vendor neutral,
Data neutral.
Open standards does not mean open source.
Paper on Open Source and Open Standards:http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source_and_Open_Standards
© 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium
© 2011 OPEN GEOSPATIAL CONSORTIUM 29
It’s all about consensus
OGC STANDARDS YOU MAY KNOW? KML (Keyhole Markup Language) WMS (Web Mapping Service) GML (Geographic Markup Language) Open GeoSMS
“What OGC brings to the table is…everyone has confidence we won’t take advantage of the format or change it in a way that will harm anyone... Governments like to say they can publish to OGC KML instead of Google KML “
Michael Weiss-Malik, Google KML product manager
© 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium
EXAMPLE WORLDWIDE STANDARD: KML
CROSS-PLATFORM OPEN GEOSMS
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.9985,-77.030275&GeoSMSI am here for OGC TC Meeting.Let’s watch the NBA final game 5 tonight!
REAL PRACTICE IN TAIWAN
Open GeoSMSEnabled Service
Venders/Services that have adapted Open GeoSMS
FREE APP: OPEN GEOSMSER Free download from Android Marketplace Get GPS data and send Open GeoSMS to your
contact Receive Open GeoSMS, bring up map and POI info Developed with Open GeoSMS SDK from ITRI
SUMMARY
Standards may be boring, but Interoperability is Critical
Technology is not the problem Publish data as open, standard web-
services Others can use it Timely, Transparent, Accurate
Closed systems are no longer acceptable
THANK YOU
http://mercuryps.com.au
Twitter: @mvandervlugt
OGC: http://opengeospatial.org
Slide Acknowledgements:
Steven Ramage (OGC)
Spatial Business Industry Association (SIBA)