Title :
Crowdsourcing for public safety
Author :
Goncalves, Afonso ; Silva, Claudio ; Morreale, P. ; Bonafide, Jason
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Dept., Kean Univ., Union, NJ, USA
fDate :
March 31 2014-April 3 2014
Abstract :
With advances in mobile technology, the ability to get real-time geographically accurate data, including photos and videos, becomes integrated into daily activities. Businesses use this technology edge to stay ahead of their competitors. Social media has made photo and video sharing a widely accepted and adopted behavior. This real-time data and information exchange, crowdsourcing, can be used to help first responders and personnel in emergency situations caused by extreme weather such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and snow storms. Using smartphones, civilians can contribute data and images to the recovery process and make it more efficient, which can ultimately save lives and decrease the economic impact caused by extreme weather conditions.
Keywords :
emergency management; information retrieval; mobile computing; smart phones; crowdsourcing; data exchange; earthquakes; emergency situations; extreme weather conditions; floods; geographically accurate data; hurricanes; information exchange; mobile technology; public safety; smart phones; snow storms; social media; Companies; Hurricanes; Maintenance engineering; Meteorology; Real-time systems; Smart phones; crowdsourcing; extreme weather; public safety; real-time network data;
Conference_Titel :
Systems Conference (SysCon), 2014 8th Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2087-7
DOI :
10.1109/SysCon.2014.6819235
