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Digital Spatial Information – Future Directions  

Phase One of the GeoInsight project involved a series of consultations with emergency managers throughout Australia. These identified the need for a cost benefit analysis of cases where GIS had been used.

In this Seminar, Bill Lane from Cost Benefit Consultants reports on the outcome of discussions with over forty senior emergency services managers throughout Australia. During his investigation Bill found many pockets of excellence where digital spatial information was being used to clearly increase efficiencies. However, he could find NO examples, in Australia or overseas, where digital spatial information was being used to its fullest potential. Bill explores the potential of digital spatial information as a planning, operations and coordination tool for both agency and incident management. His presentation explains how spatial data can be used to improve efficiency, service and response and how it can assist management to exploit new opportunities.

This CD includes six video stories commissioned by GeoInsight of examples of GIS best practice within Australian Emergency Management. From the use of GIS as a visualisation tool for a community’s understanding of its vulnerability to landslips, to its use by the Australian Defence Forces during CHOGM 2002, - these six case studies illustrate how GIS is improving efficiencies and allowing agencies to exploit new and exciting opportunities.