The growing role of web-based geospatial technology in disaster response and support

Disasters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-221

  Kawasaki, Akiyuki ^a   Berman, Merrick Lex ^b   Guan, Wendy ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

API (application programming interface); Crowd sourcing; Geospatial portal; GIS (geographic information systems); Haiti earthquake; Mash ups; Public involvement; Sichuan earthquake; Web mapping

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; FUTURE PROSPECT; GIS; HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; SEISMIC HAZARD; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

ARTICLE; CHINA; EARTHQUAKE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HAITI; HUMAN; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK;

CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAITI; HUMANS; INTERNET; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 84874942426     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2012.01302.x     Document Type: Article

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