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Selected issues of cartographic communication optimization for emergency centers

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Pages 316-339 | Received 26 Dec 2009, Published online: 13 Aug 2010

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Table 1. Activities within the operational emergency management demanding spatial operations.

Table 2. A map handling overview.

Figure 1.  Original (left) and current (right) types of visualization used in GiSel IZS (from Skrivanek et al. 2009).

Figure 1.  Original (left) and current (right) types of visualization used in GiSel IZS (from Skrivanek et al. 2009).

Figure 2.  Multi-parametric symbol with (left) and without multiple attributes (right).

Figure 2.  Multi-parametric symbol with (left) and without multiple attributes (right).

Figure 3.  Finding the way: by road atlas (part of the common knowledge; left), in an emergency management-oriented environment (expert knowledge; right).

Figure 3.  Finding the way: by road atlas (part of the common knowledge; left), in an emergency management-oriented environment (expert knowledge; right).

Figure 4.  Comparison of the map with full-scale topography (left) and with strongly reduced features (right).

Figure 4.  Comparison of the map with full-scale topography (left) and with strongly reduced features (right).

Table 3. Incident classification for emergency calls.

Figure 5.  Example of two different contexts (visualization for transport of dangerous cargo: monitoring (left) and incident (right)).

Figure 5.  Example of two different contexts (visualization for transport of dangerous cargo: monitoring (left) and incident (right)).

Figure 6.  The testing tool – pre-calibration – task tests the ability of the test person to draw a line within the Web environment and to keep the edited line inside the bounding tolerance buffer (left); the real test task: choosing the evacuation route (right).

Figure 6.  The testing tool – pre-calibration – task tests the ability of the test person to draw a line within the Web environment and to keep the edited line inside the bounding tolerance buffer (left); the real test task: choosing the evacuation route (right).

Figure 7.  Sissi contextual Web map service interface.

Figure 7.  Sissi contextual Web map service interface.

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