Situational Awareness & Common Operating Picture A new tool available soon through HSEM March 31, 2010

Emergency Management GIS in MN State, Federal & Other GIS Partners Existing SEOC GIS Workgroup Assists SEOC in GIS Planning & Technology Projects Focus is interoperation with SEOC GIS Professionals Interested in Emergency Management A New Group May choose to assist local governments Liaison Reps HSEM Lead; MnGeo AssistsMnGeo Lead; HSEM Assists Common Operating Picture Mechanisms: HSIN-MN Portal: GIS COIs (Still in Process) Service-driven Geospatial Viewer DLAN & DLAN GIS: Internal to SEOC Cross-Over: Events/Incidents/Exercises/Training SEOCSEOC

Business Need Current information Current information Specific to homeland security and emergency management Specific to homeland security and emergency management Geospatial relational understanding Geospatial relational understanding Driven by consumed GIS services Driven by consumed GIS services Configurable for various situations Configurable for various situations Customizable for various audiences Customizable for various audiences Secure, if required Secure, if required

Service-based, Federated Approach Hardware at DPS carries little data Hardware at DPS carries little data Services pushed out by agency partners are consumed by viewer Services pushed out by agency partners are consumed by viewer Service owners maintain data Service owners maintain data HSEM/SEOC may also create and publish services – later phase HSEM/SEOC may also create and publish services – later phase

Approach Fast-track skunkworks initially Fast-track skunkworks initially Phased approach Phased approach –Phase 1 Development/Limited Roll-out: NOW Development/Limited Roll-out: NOW –Phase 2 Services Discovery and Build-out: Parallel Services Discovery and Build-out: Parallel Widget Discovery and Build-out: Parallel Widget Discovery and Build-out: Parallel –Phase 3: DLAN Connection through DLAN-Published Feeds DLAN Connection through DLAN-Published Feeds Remote reporting and interaction Remote reporting and interaction

Public/Private Partnership State Emergency Operations Center GIS Working Group State Emergency Operations Center GIS Working Group ESRI ESRI –Especially Dan Falbo and Evan Marshall MnGeo MnGeo

In near-real-time River/stream gauge data River/stream gauge data Road status from MnDOT and select counties Road status from MnDOT and select counties NWS Weather Products NWS Weather Products More to come! More to come!

The Result

Technology Used ESRI Flex-based COP Viewer Template ESRI Flex-based COP Viewer Template Virtual Windows 2008 Server Virtual Windows 2008 Server ArcGIS Server Enterprise Standard ArcGIS Server Enterprise Standard ArcSDE Server ArcSDE Server ArcInfo / ArcCatalog ArcInfo / ArcCatalog Physical Microsoft SQL Server 2008e Physical Microsoft SQL Server 2008e Existing DPS Network Existing DPS Network

Future Plans Addition of more services to accommodate our partners Addition of more services to accommodate our partners Expanded use of widgets and custom widget development Expanded use of widgets and custom widget development Better KML/KMZ capability Better KML/KMZ capability A second viewer integrated into DisasterLAN – using SilverLight technology A second viewer integrated into DisasterLAN – using SilverLight technology Redundancy and Fail-over Redundancy and Fail-over

High Priority Need ANewName!

Questions? John K. Blood Senior Planner, DLAN/Operations