Crowdsourcing for public safety

Allan Goncalves, Carlos Silva, Patricia Morreale, Jason Bonafide

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Abstract

With advances in mobile technology, the ability to get real-time geographically accurate data, including photos and videos, becomes integrated into daily activities. Businesses use this technology edge to stay ahead of their competitors. Social media has made photo and video sharing a widely accepted and adopted behavior. This real-time data and information exchange, crowdsourcing, can be used to help first responders and personnel in emergency situations caused by extreme weather such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and snow storms. Using smartphones, civilians can contribute data and images to the recovery process and make it more efficient, which can ultimately save lives and decrease the economic impact caused by extreme weather conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication8th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, SysCon 2014 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages50-56
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9781479920877
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event8th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, SysCon 2014 - Ottawa, ON, Canada
Duration: 31 Mar 20143 Apr 2014

Publication series

Name8th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, SysCon 2014 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference8th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference, SysCon 2014
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOttawa, ON
Period31/03/143/04/14

Keywords

  • crowdsourcing
  • extreme weather
  • public safety
  • real-time network data

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