| Record |
Author  |
Brian M. Tomaszewski; Alan M. MacEachren |
| Title |
A distributed spatiotemporal cognition approach to visualization in support of coordinated group activity |
Type |
Conference Article |
| Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Proceedings of ISCRAM 2006 – 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2006 |
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Issue |
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Pages |
347-351 |
| Keywords |
Disaster prevention; Information systems; Web services; Distributed cognition; Geo visualizations; Geocollaboration; International Relief; Spatiotemporal Cognition; Web-map services; Geographic information systems |
| Abstract |
Technological advances in both distributed cooperative work and web-map services have the potential to support distributed and collaborative time-critical decision-making for crisis response. We address this potential through the theoretical perspective of distributed cognition and apply this perspective to development of a geocollaborationenabled web application that supports coordinated crisis management activities. An underlying goal of our overall research program is to understand how distributed cognition operates across groups working to develop both awareness of the geographic situation within which events unfold, and insights about the processes that have lead to that geographic situation over time. In this paper, we present our preliminary research on a web application that addresses these issues. Specifically, the application (key parts of which are implemented) enables online, asynchronous, map-based interaction between actors, thus supporting distributed spatial and temporal cognition, and, more specifically, situational awareness and subsequent action in the context of humanitarian disaster relief efforts. |
| Address |
Department of Geography, GeoVISTA Center, Pennsylvania State University, United States |
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| Publisher |
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium |
Place of Publication |
Newark, NJ |
Editor |
B. Van de Walle, M. Turoff |
| Language |
English |
Summary Language |
English |
Original Title |
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Edition |
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| ISSN |
2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9090206019; 9789090206011 |
Medium |
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| Track |
VISUALIZATION IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |
Expedition |
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Conference |
3rd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
| Notes |
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Approved |
no |
| Call Number |
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Serial |
1010 |
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