A platform to integrate crowdsourced, physical sensor and official geographic information to assist authorities in emergency response
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In this work, a prototype GIS-based platform to integrate Volunteered Geographic Information from various sources with other spatial data is presented, aiming at assisting civil protection authorities in emergency response situations. The platform is now in the implementation phase, and this paper covers some aspects about its development and preliminary results to demonstrate the potentialities of the approach proposed.
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