Representation of geospatial information for situation awareness in disaster response - Cases of 2016 Kumamoto earthquake

SANO Hiroaki; Ryota SATO; Makoto HANASHIMA; Yuichiro USUDA

Presentation information

[JJ] Oral

H (Human Geosciences) » H-TT Technology & Techniques

[H-TT25] [JJ] Geographic Information Systems and Cartography

Sat. May 20, 2017 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 106 (International Conference Hall 1F)

convener:Mamoru Koarai(Earth Science course, College of Science, Ibaraki University), Shin Yoshikawa(Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology), Atsushi Suzuki(Faculty of Geo-environmental Science, Rissho University), Chairperson:Shin YOSHIKAWA(Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology), Chairperson:Mamoru KOARAI(Ibaraki University)

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

[HTT25-04] Representation of geospatial information for situation awareness in disaster response - Cases of 2016 Kumamoto earthquake

*SANO Hiroaki^1,2, Ryota SATO¹, Makoto HANASHIMA¹, Yuichiro USUDA¹ (1.National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, 2.Tsukuba university)

Keywords:WebGIS, situation awareness, Geospatial information, 2016 Kumamoto earthquake

The National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) carried out information support by collecting and sharing geospatial information in response to the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. In this presentation, I will describe how it expressed useful information on WebGIS and helped in dealing with disasters.