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We Interrupt your Regularly Scheduled Broadcast… Real Time Lightning Alerts From The Weather Network Mark Ireland, Safe Software, on behalf of Fiona Hatfield, GIS Developer @ The Weather Network
Lightning!
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Lightning!
! …is Dangerous ! 9-10 deaths, 164 injuries per year ! 4,000 forest fires ! 500-600 power outages (Manitoba)
! …is Frequent ! 2.34 million strikes per year (1.4 billion worldwide) ! 1 strike every three seconds during summer
Project Goals
! Public Alerts: ! Website ! TV ! Text/SMS and Email ! Mobile applications
! Also: ! Dynamic maps ! Interactive tools
“To provide information for the public’s safety and wellbeing”
Events, Alerts, and GIS
Event
Geo-fence
Notification
Action
Geo-fence Virtual Perimeter or Area of Interest
Spatial Predicates Relationships
Am I affected by the event (overlap)? Will I be (route intersection)?
Am I close to an event? Where is the nearest event?
Real-Time Processing
GIS
Real-Time Sensors
Pelmorex Lightning Detection Network
Setup ! Listen for a lightning strike (open TCP/IP port) ! Write to PostGIS ! Spatial Processing ! Other logic ! Generate customized JSON message ! Dispatch message via JMS Key Transformers
! TCPIPReceiver ! PointOnAreaOverlayer ! Tester ! JSONTemplater ! JMSSender
Implementation
Challenges ! High volumes of Real-time data ! Cross-platform development ! Short time frame (six months)
We benchmark tested
strikes a second (aka Stormageddon)
50,000
Products
! Website
Products
! Mobile
Next Products
! Dynamic Maps (website/TV) ! Lightning Alerts on all phone platforms ! Push notifications ! User selectable warnings
Thank You!
! Questions?
! For more information: ! Fiona Hatfield - [email protected] ! Pelmorex Media Inc. ! www.theweathernetwork.com