Current Capabilities

Gaps

• Optimal location analysis using image data, geographic data, and spatial modeling

• COTS GIS tools for spatial analysis of optimal siting and land-use planning (e.g., landfill, shelter)

• Commercial or government-provided remote-sensing acquisitions to monitor recovery progress on a regional basis

• Land-cover or land-use classification, change detection, and mapping using COTS image analysis tools

• Correlation of individual-level data across data sets

• Multiple overlay and spatial relationships and comparison

• Standard COTS GIS products for mapping and spatial analysis (but data may not be available)

• Fleet tracking or location-based service to tag field activity with a handheld device; used by private sector (e.g., FedEx) but not by FEMA

• Dynamic models that incorporate real- time geographic data of response activity within a GIS for full understanding of resource use and changing need

• Coordinated, detailed information on post-incident population movement

• Simple geocoding capabilities that allows nontechnical staff to provide coordinates for search and rescue operations