• DocumentCode
    2632384
  • Title

    Consumer network system for evacuation guidance after natural disasters

  • Author

    Kusano, Shuhei ; Inoue, Masahiro

  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-6 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    Map data for evacuation guidance can´t be used when a disaster occurred. In this study, research purposes are making alternative map data using GPS of disaster victims´ cellular phone and finding evacuation route. The researches are how to make the alternative map data and evaluate route. In this work, the routes obtained by GPS are divided onto evacuation areas, temporary shelters, intersection, fork, meeting place. Evacuation routes are decided by evacuation time, evacuation distance, evacuation speed and traffic record.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; disasters; road traffic; GPS; cellular phone; consumer network system; disaster victims; evacuation distance; evacuation guidance; evacuation routes; evacuation speed; evacuation time; natural disasters; temporary shelters; traffic record; Buildings; Earthquakes; Global Positioning System; Mobile handsets; Proposals; Sea measurements; Tsunami;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Consumer Electronics (ISCE), 2012 IEEE 16th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Harrisburg, PA
  • ISSN
    0747-668X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1354-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCE.2012.6241737
  • Filename
    6241737