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The Real Time Map

Mapping Emergencies in the age of Ambient Location

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eparsons@google.com

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Geography

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The Dynamic Map

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adjective

adjective: ambient location�

denoting or relating to a knowledge of location that is continuously accessible.

"A smartphone provides the user with an ambient location service"

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Introducing… Your new surveyors !

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On cartography...

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Who is the user ?

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User Focus

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User Focus

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“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. ��The great point is to bring them the real facts.”

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Abraham Lincoln

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real-time

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relevant

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reliable

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Public Alerts

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Public Alerts..

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Public Alerts

  • Alerts from Government Agencies & Organisations
  • Displayed to relevant users of Google Maps & Search, based on Location and Nature of Event
  • Based on Partner feeds using Common Alert Protocol (CAP)

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Public Alerts Partners

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CAP 1.2

  • International Standard
  • XML based feed
    • Alert
    • Information
    • Digital Resources
    • Area
  • https://github.com/CAPTools

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Final thoughts...

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The problem of findability...

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One the web…

If you can't link to something,� it does not exist !

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  • Best Practice not theory
  • Not reinventing the wheel
  • Builds on W3C Data on the Web Best Practices
  • Benefits vs. Effort

www.w3.org/TR/sdw-bp/

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Thank you !

Ed Parsons

eparsons@google.com

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