AsonMaps: A platform for aggregation visualization and analysis of disaster related human sensor network observations

Oleg Aulov, Adam Price, Milton Halem
2014 International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management  
In this paper, we describe AsonMaps, a platform for collection, aggregation, visualization and analysis of near real-time, geolocated quantifiable information from a variety of heterogeneous social media outlets in order to provide emergency responders and other coordinating federal agencies not only with the means of listening to the affected population, but also to be able to incorporate this data into geophysical and probabilistic disaster forecast models that guide their response actions.
more » ... rricane Sandy disaster is examined as a use-case scenario discussing the different types of quantifiable information that can be extracted from Instagram and Twitter.
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