Geo-ICT solutions for emergency response

Geo-information technology and systems for emergency management have advanced greatly in the last few years. Systems for early warning, command and control, and decision-making have been successfully implemented in many countries and regions all over the world. Many of these systems can meet requirements for early warning and real-time response, and provide suitable models for elaborated predictions, simulations and visualizations. However, some new paradigms such as 3D modelling and semantics are still insufficiently addressed. It is expected that 3D models can greatly improve situational awareness and enhance spatial analysis and simulations. Appropriate vocabularies and semantics to enrich the spatial information are extremely beneficial in data integration and sharing of information at national and international level as well as for developing of context aware applications. This talk will make an overview on systems for emergency response and will present results of systems based on semantically enriched 3D models.