EMERGENCY MAPPING SYSTEM

摘要

A unified, weighted, and common language mapping system and method for disaster response is described, with the ability to overlay infrastructure damage, responder assets, data source, and weighting factors including the ability to redact such maps for dissemination to media, the public, or the like. The system and method described herein also enable the real-time updating of maps with social media information and the like.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving information about an event from a plurality of data sources; determining at least one of location and time information associated with at least some pieces of information received from the plurality of data sources; storing the at least some pieces of information along with the determined at least one of location and time information in a database; accessing the database to obtain the at least some pieces of information along with the determined at least one of location and time information; using the at least some pieces of information along with the determined at least one of location and time information to generate at least one of a map and a map overlay to provide a graphical understanding of the event at discrete points in time, wherein the at least one of a map and map overlay comprises at least one common term determined by analyzing different lexicons used by different data sources to describe a common object; and distributing the at least one of a map and map overlay.