Hackathon: Foresight DRM: Disaster Mapping Hackathon
Originating from the word "prudent," which is associated with wise decision-making and careful management of resources. This sends a strong message to users that the app will help them make informed choices to ensure their safety during a disaster.
This disaster readiness web app has been developed to aid the island of Nassau in the Bahamas during hurricane events. The app focuses on addressing human and social impacts by providing crucial information and facilitating communication between emergency responders and citizens in need.
Key Features:
- Location Data on Map: Displays hospitals, police stations, fire stations, and hazard instances such as blocked roads, fallen wires, or flooding.
- Interactive Information: Clicking on map items reveals essential information about the selected infrastructure or service, such as available beds in hospitals or available firefighters and firetrucks at a fire station. A user can easily update or remove any information/event displayed to keep the source with the most recent, accurate data.
- Emergency Responder & Citizen Communication: The app allows users to offer or request assistance, connecting emergency responders with citizens in need.
- Route Planning: Provides directions between two selected points on the map.
- Search Function: Users can search for locations within Nassau using coordinates or natural language queries.
The disaster readiness web app for Nassau, Bahamas, serves as a valuable tool to help the community prepare for, respond to, and recover from hurricane events. By providing critical information and fostering communication between emergency responders and citizens, the app has the potential to save lives and mitigate the impacts of these natural disasters.
Open index.html in a web browser of your choice
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User authentication for role based data entry (Time did not permit to get this done) For example: only a health care worker with a particular title/role will be allowed to add and update information for the hospital. The same can apply for the other agencies. The employee/ worker will only be allowed to add/ update information linked to the office in which they are employed and not the entire set of that agency, unless their role permits them to modify data from the entire set and not just a subset.
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A new graphical feature layer can be added to the map to give an overview of the health of vegetation of the land. This can be done at any time, before, during or after any occurrence of a disaster using NDVI indices and GPS coordinates.
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- ArcGIS Javascript API - Version 4.26