A Geospatial Integrated Problem Solving Environment for Homeland Security Applications

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2010

OSTI ID:992549

Koch, Daniel B ^[1]

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1. ORNL

Effective planning, response, and recovery (PRR) involving terrorist attacks or natural disasters come with a vast array of information needs. Much of the required information originates from disparate sources in widely differing formats. However, one common attribute the information often possesses is physical location. The organization and visualization of this information can be critical to the success of the PRR mission. Organizing information geospatially is often the most intuitive for the user. In the course of developing a field tool for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for Bombing Prevention, a geospatial integrated problem solving environment software framework was developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This framework has proven useful as well in a number of other DHS, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy projects. An overview of the software architecture along with application examples are presented.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Sponsoring Organization: ORNL work for others
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 992549
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
EMERGENCY PLANS
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION NEEDS
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
NATIONAL SECURITY
NATURAL DISASTERS
SABOTAGE
data fusion
geographic information system
homeland security
problem solving environment
simulation