Geospatial Information Technology for Emergency Response

Part 1: Practice and legislation Improving geospatial information in disaster management through action on lessons learned from major events, Legal aspects of using space-derived geospatial information for emergency response, with particular reference to the Charter on Space and Major Disasters, Part 2: Data collection and products Real-time data collection and information generation using airborne sensors, Satellite remote sensing for near-real time data collection, Terrestrial mobile mapping towards real-time geospatial data collection, Part 3: Data management and routing in 3D Real time and spatiotemporal data indexing for sensor based databases, A 3D data model and topological analyses for emergency response in urban areas J. Lee & S. Zlatanova Multidimensional and dynamic vehicle emergency routing algorithm based on 3D GIS, Part 4: Positioning, virtual reality and simulation 3D positioning systems for emergency response, Virtual Reality for training and collaboration in emergency management, Visual analytics in flood forecasting M. Jern Part 5: Integration of heterogeneous data The semantic mismatch as limiting factor for the use of geospatial information in disaster management and emergency response, CityGML - 3D city models and their potential for emergency response, Integrated emergency management: Experiences and challenges of a national geospatial information provider, Ordnance Survey, Part 6: Applications and solutions The value of Gi4DM for transport and water management, A decision support system for the preventive evacuation of people in a dike-ring area, GIS technology and applications for the fire services.