Paper Info
Title
MobileMap: A collaborative application to support emergency situations in urban areas
Abstract
One of the problems affecting fire departments in Latin America is the lack of a strong infrastructure to overcome their communication problems. Because these organizations are mainly volunteer and receive minimal support from government agencies, most existing solutions are not applicable for them. This article presents a low-cost mobile groupware application, which may be used in emergency situations to overcome the firefighters' communication problems. The tool, named MobileMap, allows exchanging textual and graphical information using mobile devices. Therefore, this solution complements the frequently over-used radio communication systems. This tool was evaluated in a simulated and a real scenario; the obtained results are highly encouraging.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/CSCWD.2009.4968097
CSCWD
Keywords
Field
DocType
over-used radio communication system,low-cost mobile groupware application,collaborative application,communication problem,urban area,latin america,mobile device,existing solution,graphical information,government agency,emergency situation,fire department,mobile computing,geographic information systems,disaster management,collaboration,gis,communication system,navigation,organizations,groupware,mobile communication,government,user interfaces,collaborative software,emergency situations,emergency management,computer science
Mobile computing,Computer security,Computer science,Collaborative software,Emergency management,Knowledge management,Communications system,Risk analysis (engineering),Mobile device,User interface,Mobile telephony,Government
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
0.92
7
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alvaro Monares1796.33
Sergio F. Ochoa282393.70
Jose A. Pino312811.71
Valeria Herskovic422423.12
Andres Neyem510910.32