Developing Information System for Earthquake Emergency Response and Disaster Prevention

Developing Information System for Earthquake Emergency Response and Disaster Prevention

Along with the development and updating of Taiwan Earthquake Loss Estimation System(TELES), the databases and seismic disaster assessment models have been fully developed at the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering(NCREE). However, those valuable data and research results could not be shared to the public due to the expensive cost of GIS software and protection of intellectual property right. From the information sharing point of view, NCREE planned to build an information system through the web geographic information system(Web-GIS) technology. Started in 2009, the information system for earthquake emergency response and disaster prevention was set up which integrated the result of early assessment of seismic disaster and the function of seismic scenario simulation and has provided information to search and rescue organizations.