A presentation given to the London Trainee and Student GIS Community on Friday 22 November 2013.

1. GIS in London Resilience
Partnership: Where are we?
London Trainee and Student GIS community
22 Nov 2013
Matthew Hogan | London Resilience Team
@London_Prepared

2. Firstly, who are we?
• My background
• London Resilience Team’s background
• Who we work with and why

3. Assumption
• We’re convinced there are advantages to
using and exploiting GIS for resilience, both in
terms of preventative activity but also for
response.
• Are we correct in that assumption, is it valid?

4. How we currently use GIS…
• Hounslow Composite Risk Mapping
• Environment Agency Flood Mapping – Drain
London Flood Mapping
• Public Health Incidents – official vs unofficial
• Public Disorder – Guardian

5. Barriers to use
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Policy
Fear
Lack of understanding and appreciation
Organisational dynamism
Data quality/storage/processing
Data sharing limitations
Resources - Hidden skills

7. What could it achieve?
• Enhanced contextual understanding – the ‘so
what?’
• Deployment of resources - coordination
• Positioning of assets and response actions
• Determination of priorities
• Benefits from linking geographical data

8. The road ahead…
• Real time status of London informs the
responses of organisations - CityDashboard
• Harness and use Big Data to provide better
day-to-day and emergency response
• Pattern and trend analysis
• What does Hollywood say?
• SmartGrids and iCities

9. It’s not about maps
• It’s about information
• And it’s about people
• Standards and consistent meta-data – London
Datastore
• Role of volunteers – crisismappers / Google /
Ushahidi

11. GIS in London Resilience
Partnership: Where are we?
Questions
@London_Prepared
www.londonprepared.gov.uk