This case study involves the coordination between disparate government agencies during Natural Disasters using Geo-Spatial data, via google maps, is used to provide specific information related to the immediate areas around the disaster
1. Accel North America. All rights reserved | www.accelna.comAccel North America. All rights reserved | www.accelna.com
GIS for Disaster Management
Case study
1
2. Business Requirements
Task was the coordination
between disparate government
agencies during Natural Disasters.
The customer is a Japanese government agency
Accel North America. All rights reserved | www.accelna.com 2
3. Our Solution
All first-hand information captured by the application is sent to a
central disaster management team that validates the information,
processes it and uploads frequent social media updates
Geo-Spatial data, via google maps, is used to provide specific
information related to the immediate areas around the disaster
System also generates a Custom Map Framework for recording
detour information
Multi-process disaster management system
Notification system is integrated with social media
FREQUENT SOCIAL
MEDIA UPDATES
CUSTOM MAP
!
GEO-SPATIAL DATA
Accel North America. All rights reserved | www.accelna.com 3
4. Technology Stack
Google Map v2 for Android, Rest API, WKT, Java, Spring, Hibernate, SQLite, Google App engine,
Google Maps for Business v1.0, Google Authentication utilities, Google Cloud Storage
Google Map v2
for Android
Java Xcode SpringGoogle Cloud
Storage
SQL Lite
Accel North America. All rights reserved | www.accelna.com 4
5. 3
2
1
Benefits
Custom map overlays of Geo-Spatial information
ensures pinpoint accuracy and better management
of detours, traffic, etc… in near real-time
Real-time updates, including visual data at
street level during natural disasters gives a
complete picture to government agencies.
Multi-processing done in the back-end ensures
data is completely validated before being
presented to the public.
4Real-time notification on social media ensures
that public can easily consume & share
relevant information – efficiently and quickly
Accel North America. All rights reserved | www.accelna.com 5