NYWTC Lessons

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NYC GIS Utility

Established & operating prior to 9/11

Operates within DOITT-serves all agencies

Central citywide repository for shared data

Comprehensive data maintenance &

distribution capabilities

Employs state-of-the-art technologies

E-Government web site for spatial data


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NYC GIS Utility Emergency

Roles Developed extensive base of data available for

day-to-day operations & emergencies

Prepared GIS Plan for Office of EmergencyManagement & assisting implementation

Developed public information website for OEM

Provide technical expertise for spatialtechnologies (GPS, AVL, routing, Lidar)

Served as technology center for WTC (EMDC)


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GIS Utility Concept

GIS Utility Database

Spatial Metadata

DCP datasets DEP datasets DOF datasetsOther

City datasets

ESRI

users

Smallworld

users

Intergraph

users

MapInfo

users

Other SW

users

Source

Datasets

Extract

Database

Development

Tools

Data

Maintenance

Tools

Data

QA/QC Tools

Load

Transform

Data Extraction

Tools

Web Based

Query Tools

Other GIS Based

Applications

Extract

Package

Published

Datasets

Distribute


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Spatial Technologies Involved

GIS

GPS

Lidar

Photogrammetry

Thermal imagery

Digitalorthophotography

Digital photography

Communications

network Wireless mobile

computing

Laser ranging 3D modeling


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General Lessons Learned

Be Prepared!

Recognize life & death nature of emergency

Include spatial technologies in emergency plans

Important to maintain off-site data backups

Security extremely high & impacts operations

Need to operate as closely to normal procedures aspractical


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Data Lessons Learned

Prepare comprehensive database of generalpurpose & emergency data before an emergency

Establish robust data model Establish strong data management and QA

capabilities - data quality is critical

Provide flexible capability to add & update data

Plan for multiple levels of detail Impact area

Immediate vicinity

General area


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Organization Lessons Learned

Provide strong leadership for an emergency

Assign a GIS/spatial organizational unit to

emergency operations Train personnel in use of GIS

Recognize distributed operations

Office

EOC Command post(s)

Field operations

Departmental operations


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Information Distribution Lessons

Ability to distribute information is critical

Customers may be in many locations

Define standard products & capability to producethem

Electronic distribution is most efficient

Intranet, internet, wireless & CDs

Paper distribution is necessary in many cases Communications are particularly critical &

vulnerable


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Customer Lessons Learned

Range of customers

Emergency command

Emergency operations

Impacted & geneeral public

Media

Range of requirements & technical capability

Accurate, timely public information is critical Customers want maps with easy to identify ground

locations & orientation


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Observations on a Terrorist

AttackNature of terrorist emergency poses special

challenges:

No warning Many potential targets

No knowledge of the end of event

Requires tight security Communications with public critical

Legal requirements for crime scene forensics


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General Orientation - Pre-attack orthophoto, street maps &maps with building names/addresses

Key Activities & Products First 10 Days

Rescue Support - Photography of the WTC site (overhead

aerial & oblique)

Transportation Status - Roads, subways, bridges, tunnels,ferries, etc.

Utility Status - Electric, water, telephone, steam & gas

Locations - Hospitals, vacant land, mortuary space, etc.

Map Production - Develop standard products, but takecustom requests

Web Publishing - Initially six static maps on www.nyc.gov

Database Integration & Maintenance


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Rescue / Recovery Support - Thermal & Lidar data become key

Key Activities & Products Second 10 Days

Building Status - Simple DOB rating for 423 buildings

Fuel Tank Mapping - 25 tanks with 20,000+ gallons on WTCcomplex

Deep Infrastructure- Subsurface structural, utility andtransportation datasets for modeling and analysis

City Building Status - Detailed look at 58 buildings

Coordination with FEMA - Meetings & data sharing


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Recovery Support - Moves into GPS data collection andvolume calculations

Key Activities & Products

Third 10 Days and Beyond

Interactive Internet Mapping -Alternate version of EMOLSdeveloped

Get BINs on the Footprints- Effort expands geographicallyto support inspections by six City agencies

Deep Infrastructure - Effort intensifies, coordination w/DDCbegins

Preparation for Biological / Chemical Event - Proactiveeffort

Web Access to Maps - Web site created to provide secureremote access for FDNY


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Further Information

Situation assessment

Emergency planning

Technical assistance Contact:

Mike Kevany

Senior Vice President

PlanGraphics, Inc. 301 588 8535

[email protected]

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