COUNTRY REPORTCOUNTRY REPORTCook IslandsCook Islands

Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Geo-Referenced Information Systems for Disaster Risk Management (GeoDRM) and Sustaining the Community of Practice (COP)

23rd - 25th April 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

Timoti TangiruaineGIS TechnicianInfrastructure Cook Islands

OUTLINEOUTLINE

ó Current Status and Use of Geo-Portal

ó Remaining Gaps

ó Technical Problems Experienced

ó Additional needs on Geo-DRM

ó Development Plan

CURRENT STATUSCURRENT STATUS

ó Emergency Management Cook Islands (EMCI) and Infrastructure Cook Islands (ICI) is working Partnership.

ó Recruited a GIS Technician to undertake.

CURRENT STATUSCURRENT STATUS

ó System is operational

ó Preliminary layers uploaded to Geoserver

geodrm.maps.gov.ck:8181

REMAINING GAPSREMAINING GAPS

◦ Web page clean-ups and customization

◦ Tool for data analysis (what-if scenarios)

TECHNICAL PROBLEMSTECHNICAL PROBLEMS

◦ We’ve had no Technical Problems

ADDITIONAL NEEDSADDITIONAL NEEDS

óWeb Developer to

◦ Customize the user interface

DEVELOPMENT PLANDEVELOPMENT PLAN

ó Stakeholder Meeting – September 2013

ó Technical capacity in GIS is low in most government agencies.

ó General understanding that GIS Training/up skilling is Key to the sustainability of the system.

ó Resolved that the recruitment of a GIS Technician for the GeoPortal Project is priority.

ó An assessment of available GIS data layers is made so gaps can be identified.

DEVELOPMENT PLANDEVELOPMENT PLAN

ó Identification of GIS Layers

DEVELOPMENT PLANDEVELOPMENT PLAN

ó Data gathering