Situational AwarenessSituational Awareness& Common Operating & Common Operating PicturePicture

A new tool available soon through A new tool available soon through HSEMHSEM

March 31, 2010March 31, 2010

Emergency Emergency Management GIS in Management GIS in MNMN

State, Federal &Other GIS Partners•Existing SEOC GIS Workgroup•Assists SEOC in GIS Planning & Technology Projects•Focus is interoperation with SEOC

GIS Professionals Interested in Emergency Management•A New Group•May choose to assist local governments

LiaisonReps

HSEM Lead; MnGeo Assists MnGeo Lead; HSEM Assists

Common Operating Picture Mechanisms:•HSIN-MN Portal: GIS COIs (Still in Process)•Service-driven Geospatial Viewer•DLAN & DLAN GIS: Internal to SEOC

Cross-Over: Events/Incidents/Exercises/Training

SEOC

Business NeedBusiness Need

Current informationCurrent information

Specific to homeland security and emergency Specific to homeland security and emergency managementmanagement

Geospatial relational understandingGeospatial relational understanding

Driven by consumed GIS servicesDriven by consumed GIS services

Configurable for various situationsConfigurable for various situations

Customizable for various audiencesCustomizable for various audiences

Secure, if requiredSecure, if required

Service-based,Service-based,Federated Federated ApproachApproach Hardware at DPS carries little dataHardware at DPS carries little data

Services pushed out by agency Services pushed out by agency partners are consumed by viewerpartners are consumed by viewer

Service ‘owners’ maintain dataService ‘owners’ maintain data

HSEM/SEOC may also create and HSEM/SEOC may also create and publish services – later phase publish services – later phase

ApproachApproach

Fast-track ‘skunkworks’ initiallyFast-track ‘skunkworks’ initially

Phased approachPhased approach– Phase 1Phase 1

Development/Limited Roll-out: NOWDevelopment/Limited Roll-out: NOW

– Phase 2Phase 2 Services Discovery and Build-out: ParallelServices Discovery and Build-out: Parallel

Widget Discovery and Build-out: ParallelWidget Discovery and Build-out: Parallel

– Phase 3: Phase 3: DLAN Connection through DLAN-Published FeedsDLAN Connection through DLAN-Published Feeds

Remote reporting and interactionRemote reporting and interaction

Public/Private Public/Private PartnershipPartnership State Emergency Operations Center State Emergency Operations Center

GIS Working GroupGIS Working Group

ESRI ESRI

– Especially Dan Falbo and Evan MarshallEspecially Dan Falbo and Evan Marshall

MnGeoMnGeo

In near-real-timeIn near-real-time

River/stream gauge dataRiver/stream gauge data

Road status from MnDOT and select Road status from MnDOT and select countiescounties

NWS Weather ProductsNWS Weather Products

More to come!More to come!

The ResultThe Result

Technology UsedTechnology Used

ESRI Flex-based COP Viewer TemplateESRI Flex-based COP Viewer Template

Virtual Windows 2008 ServerVirtual Windows 2008 Server

ArcGIS Server Enterprise StandardArcGIS Server Enterprise Standard

ArcSDE ServerArcSDE Server

ArcInfo / ArcCatalogArcInfo / ArcCatalog

Physical Microsoft SQL Server 2008ePhysical Microsoft SQL Server 2008e

Existing DPS NetworkExisting DPS Network

Future PlansFuture Plans

Addition of more services to accommodate Addition of more services to accommodate our partnersour partners

Expanded use of widgets and custom Expanded use of widgets and custom widget developmentwidget development

Better KML/KMZ capabilityBetter KML/KMZ capability

A second viewer integrated into A second viewer integrated into DisasterLAN – using SilverLight technologyDisasterLAN – using SilverLight technology

Redundancy and Fail-overRedundancy and Fail-over

High Priority NeedHigh Priority Need

AA

NewNew

Name!Name!

Questions?Questions?

John K. BloodJohn K. Blood

Senior Planner, DLAN/OperationsSenior Planner, DLAN/Operations

john.blood@state.mn.usjohn.blood@state.mn.us

651-201-7449651-201-7449