Disaster management by working interactively with geodata

The work presented here concerns the development of a system that allows people in disaster management to collaboratory work together. The system hereby adapts to the users hardware in display resolution and offers sophisticated interaction technology. The system is highly modular allowing to build role based views on a common operational picture (COP) in a control room of an emergency centre as well as in field work for the operational forces. Because the system is able to process spatial data in accordance with the European INSPIRE directive, it corresponds here to the current regulations in disaster management to be implemented within the EU by 2017 concerning the geodata interface. Basis for the directive are OGC based geodata services as delivered by the German geodata infrastructure. The system is working on mobile devices, work stations, laptops, a Digital Map Table, and the video wall of Fraunhofer IOSBs SmartControlRoom.