Application of GIS Technologies to Setup a Seismic Disaster Simulation Website

Application of GIS Technologies to Setup a Seismic Disaster Simulation Website

Taiwan Earthquake Loss Estimation System(TELES) has been well developed to perform seismic hazard analysis, structural damage assessments and socio-economic impacts. The platform for executing TELES targets at window-based environment with prerequisite commercial GIS software MapInfo installed. Although TELES successfully proposes disaster mitigation plans and emergency response affairs to government and cooperative institutions, the high expense of installation and specialized skill of operating TELES obstruct the popularization. Today, based on the mature internet technologies and its ubiquitous characteristic, this project takes advantage of Web-GIS technology to construct a Web-based Seismic Disaster Simulation System, which has close relationship with TELES. Furthermore, by employing free GIS service—Google Map, the accessibility and readability of data posted on website is greatly improved.