Re: Welcome - a good potential reference document

In 2006, the US National Academy of Sciences completed an activity on the 
use of geospatial content and services in times of emergency. The 
information is:

SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE STARTS WITH A MAP
Improving Geospatial Support for Disaster Management
Committee on Planning for Catastrophe: A Blueprint for Improving Geospatial 
Data, Tools, and Infrastructure
Mapping Science Committee
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources
Division on Earth and Life Studies
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS

http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309103401

There are a number of sections on standards, interoperability, semantics, 
and so forth.

Cheers

Carl Reed
OGC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Renato Iannella" <renato@nicta.com.au>
To: "public-xg-eiif" <public-xg-eiif@w3.org>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: Welcome!


> [Note: resent from <palmero@un.org>]
>
>  Information on ongoing humanitarian relief activities is one important
> component of the information UNOCHA (my organization) compiles during
> the
> response to humanitarian crises. To standardise data collection across
> emergencies, we have developed a web based application to be used by all
> OCHA offices (3w.unocha.org).  Attached is the Functional
> Specifications of
> the Who does What Where (3W) application.  This does contain a
> relationship
> diagram of the tables, missing some changes done to the database in the
> last quarter. The latest schema file is also attached. I hope this
> kind of
> information is what you are looking for to tackle activity 1.
>
> Best,
>
> Paolo
>
>
> Paolo Palmero
> Information Management Officer (GIS)
> Field Information Services Unit (AIMB)
> United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
> (OCHA)
> DC1-1358, One UN Plaza,  New York, NY 10017
> Tel: +1 917 367-5424
> Mobile: +1 917 349 4506
> Skype: palmerop
> Email: palmero@un.org
> http://ochaonline.un.org/
>
>
>

Received on Wednesday, 6 February 2008 21:32:25 UTC