An evaluation of integrating multisourced sensors for disaster management

作者：Alamdar Farzad^*; Kalantari Mohsen; Rajabifard Abbas

来源：International Journal of Digital Earth, 2015, 8(9): 727-749.

DOI：10.1080/17538947.2014.927537

• Disaster management
• in situ sensing
• multisourced sensors
• sensor web
• sensor network
• integration

Disaster management and in particular disaster response phase are highly time-sensitive and dynamic processes, demanding that real-time information reaches disaster responders prior making critical decisions. During the last decade, disaster management has been widely enabled through utilizing spatial data sourcing and related technologies in the whole process of collection, access, and usage of disaster information. Currently, there are unique challenges that cannot be met without incorporating in situ sensing as an emerging technology for sourcing and managing disaster information. These include (1) high temporal and spatial resolution of information, (2) broad range of disaster data, and (3) automated operations. Incorporating in situ sensing into the disaster management process can potentially address such challenges by providing data that support all of these requirements. Following an examination of current concepts and methods for integrating multisourced sensors, a framework of the requirements for integrating in situ sensors for disaster management, is suggested. Based on this framework and its components, an evaluation of the methods is developed and applied. The results highlight that information integration of multisourced sensors is a major challenge and has not yet adequately addressed for sensor data enablement of disaster management.

• 出版日期2015-9-2