Identifying Users’ Requirements for Emergency Mapping Team Operations in Small Island Developing States: Caribbean Perspective
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. General Introduction
1.2. Literature Review
1.2.1. Emergency Mapping Team
1.2.2. User Requirements
1.3. Geographical Settings of the Study Area: Caribbean SIDS
1.3.1. Caribbean SIDS
1.3.2. Dominican Republic
1.3.3. Saint Lucia
1.3.4. Sint Maarten
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Research Stages
2.1.1. Information Gathering
2.1.2. User Needs Identification
2.1.3. Envisioning and Evaluation
2.1.4. Requirements Specification
2.2. Cases Selection
2.3. Survey Population
3. Results
3.1. Gathering Information and Stakeholders’ Needs
3.2. Generating Data
3.3. Data and Geospatial Processing
3.4. Mapping and Layout
3.5. Product Sharing and Continuous Updates
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Category | Dominican Republic | Saint Lucia | Sint Maarten |
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Effective Communication |
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Automatization of processes |
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Training |
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Coordination |
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Standardization |
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Data specification |
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Category | Dominican Republic | Saint Lucia | Sint Maarten |
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Geospatial data and metadata |
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Human resources and capacity building |
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Tools for data collection |
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Standardization |
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Coordination |
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Categories | Dominican Republic | Saint Lucia | Sint Maarten |
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Distributed processing |
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Spatial data infrastructure |
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Standardization |
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Capacity building |
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Categories | Dominican Republic | Saint Lucia | Sint Maarten |
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Standardization |
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Technical capabilities |
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Geospatial information |
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Organizational capabilities |
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Categories | Dominican Republic | Saint Lucia | Sint Maarten |
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Spatial data infrastructure |
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Participatory mapping and capacity building |
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Standardization |
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Rosario Michel, G.; Manzano Aybar, F.; Neris Guzmán, L.; Villalta Calderón, C.; Durán, T.J.; Crompvoets, J. Identifying Users’ Requirements for Emergency Mapping Team Operations in Small Island Developing States: Caribbean Perspective. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2021, 10, 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10050307
Rosario Michel G, Manzano Aybar F, Neris Guzmán L, Villalta Calderón C, Durán TJ, Crompvoets J. Identifying Users’ Requirements for Emergency Mapping Team Operations in Small Island Developing States: Caribbean Perspective. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2021; 10(5):307. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10050307
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosario Michel, Gregorio, Fernando Manzano Aybar, Leris Neris Guzmán, Christian Villalta Calderón, Teodoro Jiménez Durán, and Joep Crompvoets. 2021. "Identifying Users’ Requirements for Emergency Mapping Team Operations in Small Island Developing States: Caribbean Perspective" ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10, no. 5: 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10050307
APA StyleRosario Michel, G., Manzano Aybar, F., Neris Guzmán, L., Villalta Calderón, C., Durán, T. J., & Crompvoets, J. (2021). Identifying Users’ Requirements for Emergency Mapping Team Operations in Small Island Developing States: Caribbean Perspective. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(5), 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10050307