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Pacific Disaster Center

1305 N. Holopono St., Suite 2

Kihei, Maui, Hawaii 96753

http://www.pdc.org

Presented By: Mr. Todd Bosse

Sr. Geospatial Information Analyst

tbosse@pdc.org

Pacific Island Countries GIS / RS User Conference

Suva, Fiji

December, 2009

The Global Hazards Information

Network (GHIN)

Presentation Overview

– PDC Overview

– Why GHIN?

– Focus on GHIN

as a “User”

– Becoming an

GHIN partner

• A

center created to establish

access

to new and more

effective

information resources

supporting all levels of

emergency management.

• An

information resource

and

technology applications

center providing products and services to the

emergency

management

agencies and organizations in the Pacific.

• A

public-private partnership

, enabling the PDC to enter

into contractual agreements and develop

externally

funded

projects.

•

University of Hawaii

is the Managing Partner.

Implementing APNHIN

PDC’s Role Is …

Information Products
Supporting:

– Policy & Decision Makers

– Disaster Managers

– Humanitarian Assistance

Observation Systems

/Data

Advanced Applications,

Algorithms, Models

Communication

Systems

and Networks

GIS

, Visualization and

Display Systems

Improve

Decision-

Support

Capabilities

PDC’s Core Capabilities

Integrating

Information, Science,

Technology

Peer Review

Science

Community

The Public

Decision

Makers

Audience

Comfort with uncertainty

Vocabulary

Associations

High

Low

Complex

Simple

Technical

Groups

Very

Public

Building a Bridge

State of Hawaii

Support Office

Hawaii SCD,

Diamond Head

Federal

Support Office

Ft. Shafter

Pacific Disaster

Center

Maui Research &
Technology Park,

Maui

PDC Facilities in the State of Hawaii

Implementing GHIN

What is APNHIN?

– What data resources and information services are

presently contained within GHIN?

– How do I access these resources?

– How do I become a partner in GHIN and share my data

resources?

Data Access Difficulties

Background

– A large proportion of project resources are used to develop an

underlying database to support analysis for most risk and
vulnerability assessment (RVA), mitigation planning and
response/recovery activities

– Even with Internet advances, data discovery and access can

still be problematic:

– Lack of centralized catalog & consistent search tools

– Limited metadata / data documentation

– Access to actual data is often restricted / unavailable

– The same data set gets recreated multiple times

– Investment is not fully leveraged

– Others cannot benefit from your work

What is GHIN?

GHIN is a suite of customized, web-based applications

and information services designed to allow users to

search for, evaluate and access geospatial data.

• Built upon the underlying specifications of The Geography

Network.

• Theme is Natural Hazards information and supporting basedata

• Designed to directly support disaster and resource managers,

planners, governments, and nongovernmental organizations
within the Asia-Pacific region.

• GHIN is Open GIS Consortium (OGC) compliant, allowing users

of different software packages and data needs to share & access
geospatial information.

Using GHIN to Access Data

GLIDE & International Space Charter

GHIN Services

GHIN provides users with real-time access to OGC

compliant map services that can be instantly incorporated

into GIS analytical software packages and decision

support environments (WFS, WMS, ArcIMS Image)

PDC Active Hazards: Data visualizing near-real time hazard
events around the globe such as tropical storms, earthquakes,
wildfires, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
PDC Historical Hazards: Historical occurrences of above hazards
PDC Hazard Models: hazard models depicting potential damage
from hurricanes and earthquakes.
PDC Pacific Imagery: A collection of high-resolution satellite
imagery for the Pacific Islands.
Sea Level Stations: Visualizes sea-level stations, providing an
active link to sensor data from the source via KML.

PDC is a Node in GHIN

PDC’s Geospatial Data Resources

–PDC has implemented a comprehensive

geospatial data management environment, the
Enterprise Geospatial Database (EGDb)

– Supports imagery, raster and vector data resources at

a variety of scales/resolutions and applications

– Provides ISO and FGDC-compliant metadata for all

data elements

– Allows real-time, interactive access to data through

various mechanisms

– internally by GIS PDC analysts

– externally via APNHIN as downloadable files and IMS

services

GHIN Data

The main focus within GHIN is natural hazards, however,

base data also play an important supporting role.

Specific data themes include:

•

Hazard Events: Current and historical occurrences of hazards

•Hazard Zones: Data showing areas that are at high risk for a
hazard
•Critical Facilities: Essential facilities serving important
community functions such as police/fire stations, hospitals,
schools, shelters, etc.
•Infrastructure: Transportation, power, water and sewer utilities.
•Environmental: Natural resources potentially affected by
disasters
•Demographic and Socio-Economic: Vulnerable populations,
status, gender, age, employment, education level, etc.
•Economic Vulnerability: Businesses and commercial assets.
•Baseline topographic and elevation
•Remote Sensing Data including high resolution satellite imagery

Dynamic Data

Automated Acquisition &

Processing

– FTP push, FTP pull, HTML

“harvest”

– Monitoring Scripts

Current Layers

– Tropical Storm Tracks/Forecasts

– NWS, JTWC
– 6 hr. updates

– Earthquakes

– USGS NEIC
– 5 minute updates

– Volcanoes

– SWVRC
– 2x per day

– Wildfires / Hot Spots

– MODIS / NASA / Univ Hawaii
– 4x per day

– NWS NDFD: Wind direction & speed,

temperature, precipitation forecast,
wave height

– Dartmouth Flood Observatory

GHIN Partners

How to participate in GHIN

Three modes of supplying users of GHIN with

data:

1. Offline Data: Provides data to user on media (CD,

DVD, etc.)

2. Downloadable Data: Allows GHIN users to

download data directly from participating
organization via a link in metadata, supplied by data
provider (PDC can also host data)

3. Interactive Data Service: Use of web mapping

software to create live map services that are
available to users of GHIN

Partners retain data control….

Metadata

• The creation of metadata is crucial for GHIN

participation.

– All participation modes require that the information

submitted to GHIN include metadata meeting the
minimum standard for either FGDC or ISO

– As part of our “Start up Kit”, PDC will provide

metadata templates and other training documents to
new members of the GHIN

Metadata Synchronization

A Metadata Server, deployed locally, describing
resources available and how they can be accessed

Searchable via the
internet through
ArcCatalog or
Metadata Explorer

Can be synchronized
with GHIN meta-
data server with auto-
mated harvesting tools.

Becoming a GHIN Partner

Formalize relationship with PDC

– MOA detailing roles and responsibilities of parties,

general categories of data, access constraints, etc.

Identify resources supporting hazard
applications

– Geophysical / natural hazards

– Risk and vulnerability measures

Prepare data documentation (metadata)

– ISO/FGDC-consistent

– PDC Metadata automation tools

– APNHIN Starter Kit, metadata templates, thumbnail

creator

Web-based, Geospatial Information Application Supporting Regional

Hazard and Vulnerability Assessments

Natural Hazards

• Tropical Storms
• Wildfires
• Earthquakes
• Tsunamis
• Volcanoes
• Floods

Risk Exposure

• People
• Infrastructure

http://atlas.pdc.org

Asia Pacific Natural Hazards Atlas

Interested in Participating in GHIN?

For more Information e-mail:

ghin@pdc.org

Visit GHIN at:

http://ghin.pdc.org