Title
Selected issues of cartographic communication optimization for emergency centers
Abstract
Cartographic communication and support within emergency management (EM) are complicated issues with changing demands according to the incident extent and phase of the EM cycle. Keeping in mind the specifics of each purpose, it is obvious that spatial data used for maps preparation and production must be differently visualized even for the same type of emergency incident (traffic accident, fire, and natural disaster). Context-based cartography is a promising methodology to deal with the changing demands of an operational EM center. An overview of cartographic communication is presented within the context of an operational EM center, activities of particular actors, and map use supporting the incident elimination. The authors of the paper respond to a series of questions, for example: what is the current cartographic support of operational EM in the Czech Republic in Digital Earth conditions? What possibilities are there to improve the cartographic communication? How can contextual cartographic services be implemented in a Web environment and how can the usability of results be tested? The paper gives several examples of the usage of cartographic technologies in map creation for various emergency situations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1080/17538947.2010.484511
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH
Keywords
Field
DocType
map use,cartographic communication,context-based cartography,Digital Earth,operational emergency management
Spatial analysis,Digital Earth,Emergency management,Remote sensing,Natural disaster,Traffic accident,Geography,Cartography
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
3
SP4.0
1753-8947
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.94
7
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Karel Stanek151.28
Lucie Friedmannova250.94
Petr Kubicek3195.82
Milan Konecny4273.33