Objective 1: Cover the available technologies that are free that help EM create real-time documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms that are available online (Google Suite) for many to use collaboratively and simultaneously and offline in a traditional singleton sense (OpenWord)
Objective 2: Demonstrate the free available mapping tools that are user friendly and very powerful for response efforts -- these are web based collaborative mapping tools that can be used in advance or in an ad hoc fashion - including the GeoLocation devices that can be leveraged. (WikiMapia, Open Street Maps, etc.)
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Disasters 2.0: Real Time Collaboration: Documentation and Mapping
1. Midwest Disasters 2.0 Real Time Collaboration: Documentation and Mapping By Dr. Connie White, Institute for Emergency Preparedness, JSU 1
2. What’s it all about? Right Information Right People Right Time Make the Best Decisions Possible 2 Georgia (Gwinnett and Douglas Counties) Floods 2009
3. Characteristics of Disasters Time critical High Uncertainty Unexpected events Decisions aremade. 3 Mena, AR (Polk County) EF3, 2009
4. Challenges in Information Ambiguity & Uncertainty Lack of Situational awareness Need for Reliable Information 4 Mena, AR (Polk County) EF3, 2009
5. Managing the Expected and Unexpected Accessibility Information Aggregation Mobility Free Disseminate quickly and to masses or few Tweet/post with link Flexible - easily modified Group membership dynamic Share 5 Destin, FL (Okaloosa County) BP Oil Spill 2010
6. Google Suite Real Time Documents To Support Time Critical Decision Making 6 Georgia (Gwinnett and Douglas Counties) Floods 2009
16. Hands On Demo - Documentation Install Google Chrome Create Gmail Account Go To Documents Look at Twitter Feed for Link to Open Document Play www.gmail.com 16
17. Case Study: Snow in The Deep South 17 Why Forms and Spreadsheets? Windham, New Hampshire Feb. 2011 Blizzard
18. Official Closures for County How to collect data from officials? How to disseminate to employees and public? Keeping it accurate. 18
36. Crisis Mapping Case: Haiti 32 http://mommylife.net/archives/2010/01/real_hope_for_h.html
37. The Initial Map After the Earthquake 33 (source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikel_maron/4274264767/)
38. 34 OpenStreetMap is a Creative Commons project, sort of geographic Wiki. This map is updated in real time. Rescue teams and NGOs on the ground are using Garmin GPS . It only took a few hours to members of the free mapping community to respond. http://www.3d-today.org/2010_01_01_archive.html
39. Yellow crosses indicate the streets blocked by obstacles.Yellow crosses on red background are the collapsed buildings.White tents on a red background are the camps of survivors. 35 http://www.3d-today.org/2010_01_01_archive.html
47. Word of Caution - this is ever changing so expect to learn something new all the time! 43
48. THE END 44 THE END For More Information Useful Tools for Emergency Managers, visit my homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/conniemwhite/ Book Coming Soon! http://www.amazon.com/Social-Crisis-Communication-Emergency-Management/dp/1439853495/ref=sr_1_1?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285338755&sr=8-1
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b. Information Aggregation from anywherec. In the field = mobilityd. Free - also see OpenOfficee. Accessibility to the documentation 1. anywhere there’s an Internet and Browser2. can be disseminated quickly and to masses or few- tweet/post with linkf. Flexible - easily modifiedg. Group membership dynamich. Share: with members, those with link, to the world
Documents1. Pull up Doc - show a. Privacy/Collaborative Features = availability of linkb. Save As many formats2. Upload/Create New Example - turn into link (have Hal and Adam collaborate in doc). Show chat.3. Tweet the link to the doc using the Conference hashtag providing all the opportunity to interact in example
Note: Discover other useful Tools on Google site - look for video tutorials
a) Information: Situational Awareness, Community Informationb) Information aggregated from anywherec) CrowdSourcing: Volunteers, For Hired) Flexible, Dynamice) Update realtime - Reflect the State as Event unfoldsf) Free and Easy to Use