It seems that we are making steady progress with the development of the prototype EMNet GIS web portal. Adrienne has been working hard to establish the business rules behind the portal and we think we've got it pretty well sorted now.We've started looking at some of the datasets that might be included in the model and although we've only looked at a couple of agencies, we are up around 130 different data layers already - now you know why its important to have the rules sorted out! Over the next wee while, we will be looking to survey a number of potential data contributors to test the rules and to determine whether the desired outputs can be achieved.
Just yesterday I met Emma Doyle from Massey University who is interested in our project. Emma has funding from the Foundation for Research Science and Technology to investigate ways of making science advice relevant to emergency planning. I think the EMNet GIS web portal will play an important role in this, particularly for immediate/intermediate response planning.
Sean Hodges was also doing some further investigation yesterday with a possible interface for the EMNet GIS. While its still early days, we like to check out these things as they come along.
Here is a really good example of what we are trying to achieve (without spending $2M!!!). Check out this demonstration of the new ESRI interface.
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The flex viewer is an extremely 'nice' user interface but the most important thing is the data and the value of this project will be in the 130 odd data layers that will hopefully be made available to local responders.
Despite previous attempts to encourage GIS sharing, vital information often sits in agency silos or is inaccurate or historical where it has been sourced from other agencies but not updated.
This is a great project to show what can be done, but it is a shame that these initiatives continue to occur at a local level or within isolated sectors.
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