Design of Cartographic Products to Support Disaster Management

Special cartographic outputs are required by the disaster management. Such 2D, 3D and/or 4D territory models have to present area features important for: 1. understanding the accident wider territory layout, 2. personal orientation in the territory (landscape landmarks), 3. direct disaster location surroundings imagination, 4. assessment of area features important (and sensitive) for disaster behavior and development (Fig. 1), 5. viewing access routes (Fig. 2), 6. selection of appropriate measures for a) human lives protection, b) property protection, c) environment protection, 7. possible calculation of endangered values, 8. future adjustment of preventive measures. Respecting these viewpoints a set of map and 3D area models were developed using commonly accessible digital geodata from public and government data bases open for disaster management teams in Czech Republic. 3D model animation and flights over the territory make such outputs very suitable for operative and long-term decision making. The formalized geographic expert knowledge and standard GIS technology serve and support such special cartographic production.