Address at Beta Phi Mu Theta Initiation Pratt Institute, School of Information May 16, 2017

1. Dreams, Resilience and
Making a Difference
Noreen Whysel, SILS ‘14
Beta Phi Mu Theta Initiation
Pratt Institute, School of Information
May 16, 2017

2. Making a difference
Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. Work with schools : a 'private' lesson,
child showing something in book to librarian, ca. 1920?. Retrieved from
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-e5fd-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

3. Dreams
Antonio de Pareda. (ca 1650). The Knight’s Dream. Retrieved from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antonio_de_Pereda_-_El_sue%C3%B1o_del_caballero_-_Googl

4. resilience
FEMA/Joselyne Augustino. (July 23, 2013). A home in Gilchrist, Texas, designed to resist flood waters survived
Hurricane Ike in 2008. Retrieved from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Home_designed_to_resist_flood_waters.jpg

5. Sometimes it looks
Like this...
When we want it to
look like this...

6. Resilience

7. “To be resilient, don’t be too virtuous”
Grant, Adam. (May 13, 2013). To Be Resilient, Don’t Be Too Virtuous. [Commencement Speech]. Retrieved from
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/resilient-dont-too-virtuous-adam-grant

8. Resilience is the key to:
Generosity Authenticity Grit
Being generous
on the days when
you lose faith
in humanity
Staying true to
yourself on the
days when others
lose faith in you
Persevering on
the days when
you lose faith
in yourself

9. Resilience is more than grit
NYC Office of Emergency Management. (2013). OEM Biennial Report 2013. Retrieved from http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/em/biennial2013/index_1.html#28

10. personal Resilience
Security
Mindfulness
Planning
CNN. (September 11, 2001). Firefighters, :U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Jim Watson. (Sept. 14, 2001). A
New York City firefighter attempts to clear his eyes of soot during rescue efforts at the
World Trade Center. The building was destroyed during a Sep. 11, 2001, terrorist
attack. Retrieved from
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:September_14_2001_Ground_Zero_03.jpg

11. Institutional Resilience
Security Transparency Planning
CNN. (September 11, 2001). Firefighters, :

12. CNN. (September 11, 2001). Firefighters, :
A Story of Resilience

13. Don Halesy, Library of Congress. (September 11, 2001). Man covered with ashes assisting a woman walking and holding a particle mask to
her face, following the September 11th terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, New York City
9/11 Response

14. Left: DailyKos, various.. (n.d.). The Water is Rising.
Right: DailyKos, various.(n.d.). Flood, Orleans Parish.
NOLA: Hurricane Katrina

15. Shinichi Sato/AP, Yahoo! News. (March 11, 2011). Minamisanriku Government Disaster Readiness Center, Tohoku Tsunami.
Tohoku Tsunami, Minamisanriku, Japan

16. 9/11 as a catalyst for
cooperation
● NYCMAP
● Pier 92: Emergency Mapping
and Data Center
● Office of Emergency
Management
Public engagement
● Big Apps Competition
● Open Data Mandate
● Road Map for the Digital City
Emergency Management in NYC
Deep Infrastructure Group
GeoSymposium 2001-2011-2021
NYC Geospatial Catalysts
NYC Geospatial Technology
Center

17. Innovations in Emergency Response Systems
● Period One - Pre-9/11: Baseline
● Period Two - 2001-2005: Characterized by development of
information systems to support interagency cooperation
and response management.
● Period Three – 2006-2008: Characterized by continued
integration and interoperability of information systems
across agencies.
● Period Four – 2009-2011: Characterized by improved
training and simulation software, and open public
initiatives.

18. OEM Timeline
Whysel, Noreen. (November 16, 2011). OEM Timeline. [Poster presentation]. NYC GeoSymposium 2001-2011-2021.

19. OEM Timeline
Whysel, Noreen. (November 16, 2011). OEM Timeline. [Presentation]. NYC GeoSymposium 2001-2011-2021. Retrieved from
http://explorer.arcgis.com/apps/presentation/index.html?webmap=06dce9c9c5734e6dbb54fe8c8d6e352c

20. NYCityMap (2006)
http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/

21. Hurricane Evacuation Zone
Finder (2006)

22. Emergency Operations Center Plan

23. OEM Emergency Facilities
Watch Command Center Emergency Operations Center
OEM Emergency Facilities

24. FDNY Emergency Facilities

25. NYC Information Policy
• Providing citizen access to data
• Promoting NYC as a technology sector
• Data initiatives modeled after citizen efforts and
programs in other cities:
– Big Apps Contest
– Change By Us NYC
– City Council Open Government Mandate
“If we’re going to continue leading the country in innovation and
transparency, we’re going to have to make sure that all New Yorkers have
access to the data that drives our city.” 2012 Press Release, NYC Mayor’s
Office

26. Open Data Initiatives

27. App Contests and Hackathons

28. BigApps Contest

29. Notify NYC
3+ Alarm Fire Electrical Road Closure - Planned
Accident Evacuation Road Closure - Unplanned
Accident/Emergency Ferry Disruption Senior Found
Aerial Fireworks Severe Thunderstorm
Air Quality Flood Significant Event
Aircraft & Egress Gas Main Simulated Activity
Aircraft Only Gas Release / Leak Simulated Fire
Airport Disruption H1N1 Simulated Fire/ Explosives
Alert Cancelled HAZMAT Condition Snow
Alternate Side Parking Heat Struck
Beach Status Change Heat & Air Quality Structural Collapse
Blasting / Demolition Hurricane Survey
Bridge /Tunnel Closure Informational Termination
Bridge Closure
Issuance (mostly missing
persons)
Tornado
Brush Fire Mass Transit Disruption Tornado Watch
Ceremony / Gun Salute Notification Tropical Storm
Child Found Oil Spill Water Main
Closure Other Weather
Closure/Citiwide Outside of NYC Winter Storm
Collapse Phone WNV Aerial Spraying
Disruption - Other Power Outage WNV Ground Spraying
Earthquake Relocation World Trade Center

30. Social Media

31. Back to Dreams
illustrators of the 1890 Holman Bible. (1890). Josephs Dream, as in Genesis 37:9–10, Retrieved from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holman_Josephs_Dream.jpg

38. Meeting Notes

39. Chronology

40. Lessons Learned

41. Collaborative Effort

42. COGITO aims to:
● Serve as a bridge to geospatial practitioners, educators
and learners across public, private and nonprofit sectors
● Study and report on demographics of GIS practitioners
Provide a listing of geospatial resources, classes,
universities, certifications
● Explore opportunities to serve as a research hub,
providing fellowship grants to researchers studying
geospatial data and systems

43. COGITO MEMBERS
● American Geographic Society
● BetaNYC, Code for America
● Columbia, CIESEN
● Columbia, Earth Institute
● Cornell Tech, The Foundry
● CUNY Mapping Service
● ESRI
● Fund for the City of New York
● GeoNYC Meetup
● GeoDev Northeast Meetup
● GISMO
● Hunter College, CARSI
● National
Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency
● New York State GIS
Association
● NYU Data Services
● Open GeoPortal
● OpenStreetMaps
● Pratt Institute, SAVI
● Pratt Center for Community
● Development
● The New School
● URISA

44. Vision
Shankbone, David. (30 October 2012). Flooded Avenue C at East 6th Street in Manhattan's East Village
neighborhood of Loisaida, moments before the Con Edison power substation on 14th Street and Avenue C blew
up. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Sandy_Flooding_Avenue_C_2012.JPG

45. Thank You!
User: King of Hearts. (November 28, 2014). Four-segment panorama of Lower Manhattan, New York City, as
viewed from Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey. Retrieve from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lower_Manhattan_from_Jersey_City_November_2014_panorama_1.jpg
Check out these great resources:
Ready New York:
http://www.nyc.gov/readynewyork
NYC Big Apps:
http://www.bigapps.nyc
100 Resilient Cities:
http://www.100resilientcities.org