Premium
The clearinghouse concept: a model for geospatial data centralization and dissemination in a disaster
Author(s) -
Warren Mills Jacqueline,
Curtis Andrew,
Pine John C.,
Kennedy Barrett,
Jones Farrell,
Ramani Ramesh,
Bausch Douglas
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01050.x
Subject(s) - geospatial analysis , hurricane katrina , emergency management , information dissemination , poison control , dissemination , resource (disambiguation) , environmental resource management , computer science , computer security , environmental planning , geography , world wide web , political science , remote sensing , natural disaster , environmental science , meteorology , medical emergency , telecommunications , medicine , computer network , law
The disaster clearinghouse concept originates with the earthquake community as an effort to coordinate research and data collection activities. Though prior earthquake clearinghouses are small in comparison to what was needed in response to Hurricane Katrina, these seminal structures are germane to the establishment of our current model. On 3 September 2005, five days after Katrina wrought cataclysmic destruction along the Gulf Coast, FEMA and Louisiana State University personnel met to establish the LSU GIS Clearinghouse Cooperative (LGCC), a resource for centralization and dissemination of geospatial information related to Hurricane Katrina. Since its inception, the LGCC has developed into a working model for organization, dissemination, archiving and research regarding geospatial information in a disaster. This article outlines the formation of the LGCC, issues of data organization, and methods of data dissemination and archiving with an eye towards implementing the clearinghouse model as a standard resource for addressing geospatial data needs in disaster research and management.