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MappingPracticalExercise.docxMapping Practical Exercise :
The Goal of this exercise is to familiarize the student with the ability to organize and display information visually in a short time frame.
The objectives of this exercise are to :
· Explore online mapping platforms
· Analyze and select critical Data
· Produce a map
Background Scenario :
Your role is the Emergency manager for the City of Washington D.C. Within minutes of the attack you activate all emergency functions. At 1300 you are expected to provide a briefing to the Mayor of D.C., and the President of the United States at a nearby facility . You have been asked to keep your brief short with a single map that portrays the situation and the response effort.
Your initial assessment reveals that there is damage to buildings within a ¼ mile. There are currently 86 fatalities and 200+ injured .
There happens to be absolutely no wind on the day. However you are still concerned about the potential for radiation exposure. Your staff recommends a “ hot zone” with a mile radius. That means everything inside that area has potential for radiation.
Tasks :
Your overall task is to create a status map for the purpose of .
1- Review the scenario . More than enough information available.
2- Select a mapping platform . there are many options, but I will provide 2 that I found and will work. These are free and do not require any training .
a. National Geographic Map maker
b. CartoDB
c. A paper map marked up would work as well.
3- Create a status map that provides a snapshot of the situation. A few things you should consider
a. The immediate impact zone
b. The “ hot zone” i.e. suspected contamination zone
c. Points of ingress/egress for rescuers
d. Staging area for rescue areas
e. De-contamination area for people/equipment leaving
f. Temporary Debris Storage area. This should be a large area of debris from the rescue effort can be temporarily stockpiled.
4- Create a legend, Title and any other required formatting.
Deliverables:
By Nov 15 11:59 PM (ET) you are to post a file in the assignment folder with your result. The file should contain:
· The Map, or a link to the map
· Responses to the following questions:
· What mapping platform did you select and why ?
· Can you provide feedback on this exercise? What could be improved? Did it meet the goals and objectives set forth?
Notes :
I purposely provided sparse information. Take as many creative and logical liberties that your like to develop the scenario on your own. The point is that you have to produce a single map with what you feel is the most important info to provide a snapshot of the situation to the highest authorities. It’s up to you decide to what should go on there .
