Sustainable Data-sharing for Disasters Based on the Wiki and GIS Technologies

Abstract

Intelligence sharing using the GIS technology provides an indispensable capability to assist in the pre-event preparation and post-event conduct of emergency operations. Experiences and discussions on the recent earthquake disasters of Niigata and Fukuoka in Japan have let us propose a data-sharing system to support development of a universal and sustainable data model for disaster response. The proposed system, which consists of Data-Storage, GIS Node and GIS Portal servers with Wiki and GIS technologies, transforms from autonomous distributed systems to a virtual integrated system according to the emergency response cycle. In a case study of Kyushu University, the developed system has made it possible to develop the data model to support not only the facility management but also the disaster response.