Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk Management - ISPRS

the interconnection between current OGC/ISO
activities and crises management.
The main activity of the Working Group in 2009 was
conducting a Joint Symposium with the JBGIS Gi4DM
‐ Cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning
and Emergency Management ‐ held in January 2009
in Prague, Czech Republic. The symposium topics
were organized under the themes of: frameworks
and tools; technologies and infrastructures; citizens
in early warning and emergency management; e‐
government and e –governance; and cartographic
and Geoinformatics applications. A ‘Round Table’ on
Spatially Enabled Early Warning and Emergency
Management was held at the Symposium.
In early April 2009, the Working Group promoted its
activities at a seminar on the Potentials in Early
Warning and Emergency Management at the
international GeoSiberia conference in Novosibirsk.
Following the success of the sessions it was decided
to include meetings of the WG as part of future
GeoSiberia conferences.
At the International Cartographic Conference, held in
Santiago, Chile in November 2009 the Working
Group met and a number of papers related to
cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning
were presented. Two sessions in the ICC program
were devoted to problems of Emergency
Management. As well, as part of an outreach activity
the Working Group conducted an excursion to the
Chilean Military Center for Crises Management and
the Chilean Civilian Emergency Management Office
both located in Santiago de Chile.
In April 2010 in Novosibirsk, Russia, a seminar was
held on Early Warning and Crises/Disaster
Management. This was a joint event between the
ICA, the International Society on Digital Earth‐ISDE
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and SSGA, with the participation of colleagues from
the ISPRS and FIG.
A number of events are in preparation for 2010.
These are: Nessebar, Bulgaria, June 2010 ‐ Digital
Earth Summit and 3rd Conference on Cartography
and GIS ‐ a seminar on Early Warning and
Disaster/Crises Management: European Concepts for
Crises Management and Early Warning; and Orlando,
USA, November 2010 ‐ a workshop on Crises
Management and Early Warning at AutoCarto 2010.
The 25th International Cartography Conference and
the 15th General Assembly of the International
Cartographic Association will take place between 3–
8 July 2011, in Paris, France. The Working Group on
Early Warning and Crisis Management will hold a
focused meeting in Paris in conjunction with the
conference. (See the Web site at:
http://www.icc2011.fr/ for further information
about the conference).
Summary
In summary, the International Cartographic
Association began to be active in Early Warning and
Crises Management in 2003. This followed with a
number of activities that have now become part of
the Working Group’s activities ‐ seminars at
Borovets and Nessebar in Bulgaria, seminars in
Novosibirsk, Russia, at AutoCarto USA and at
International Cartographic Conferneces. The
working Group continues to address the issues of
Crises Management and Early Warning in
collaboration with members of the JBGIS.
Professor Dr. Milan Konecný, Immediate past‐
President, International Cartographic Association
and Chair ICA Working Group on Early Warning and
Crisis Management
Professor Dr. Dr. William Cartwright, President,
International Cartographic Association