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Post-Earthquake Response Application: A New and Improved Method for Data Collection Using Arcgis Field Maps

Description: 

Earthquake response coordination requires planning, practice, and cooperation, balancing a variety of needs including public safety and medical responses, utility repair, damage assessments, and scientific data collection. The scientific response, especially when documenting earthquake surface deformation (surface ruptures, slope movement and liquefaction) and structural damage, requires a rapid and well-coordinated effort to efficiently collect ephemeral data. These data are most useful to those analyzing field data and those focused on remote analysis if they are collected in a uniform and consistent format. The California Geological Survey (CGS) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) – Earthquake Science Center, have been working together to develop an earthquake response schema to be used in ESRI’s Field Maps which will allow for the quick acquisition of these perishable data. Previous versions of the schema have been tested and revised based on response efforts including, but not limited to, Ridgecrest (2019), Puerto Rico (2020), Monte Cristo (2020), and Taiwan (2022). The resulting feature service will also facilitate rapid communication through ESRI Dashboards during the event both within CGS and USGS and with external partners such as the Earthquake Clearinghouse, California Offices of Emergency Services, and other Federal, State, and local agencies participating in the earthquake response effort.

Session: Coseismic Ground Failure: Advances in Modeling, Impacts and Communication

Type: Oral

Date: 4/20/2023

Presentation Time: 08:00 AM (local time)

Presenting Author: Kate Thomas

Student Presenter: No

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