E-MAPS Mapping and Management Software

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E-MAPS was originally developed during the DC-Sniper spree as a GIS tool to aid Police with rapid deployment of roadblock locations. The software allowed the user to quickly identify an incident and develop an optimized and prioritized road closure plan to effectively "Seal Off" an area. The software was made available to all jurisdictions involved, including MD State Police, DC Metro Police, VA State Police and all the surrounding counties.

E-MAPS is the result of over 2 years of additional development work and is designed to be used by management and EOC personnel during an emergency situation. The software allows a user with limited experience to quickly navigate to the location of the incident, assess damage by identifying impacted facilities, develop a containment plan, efficiently evacuate the surrounding area and finally begin to recover by identifying the necessary emergency support resources.

E-MAPS can be installed on a field computer without the need for Internet access. The software can be easily implemented in Emergency Operation Centers or Mobile units. The software is self contained and does not require any additional mapping software or data.

Users with existing ESRI based GIS data can substitute in house data in the software. E-MAPS is designed to run in field conditions on minimally configured laptop or desktop systems running any version of Microsoft Windows Operating System

E-MAPS provides the user with following capabilities:

Allows the user to manually zoom in or enter an address/road intersection/Place Name and have the software quickly map the area with a scale dependent display.
Interface the software with a field GPS system to provide accurate positions for field units.
Provides the user with a report on the location of major facilities such as schools, hospitals, shopping centers, parks and government buildings.
Create Emergency Evacuation Routes and provide personnel and signage requirements for implementation
Hot link locations such as storage facilities and government buildings with Images of Floor Plans, photographs, documents containing list of chemicals, web sites etc.
Built-in Plume Modeling using the EPA's ALOHA Model.
Allows the user to enter a perimeter distance around a single event or multiple events.
Computes the minimum number of road closures which would "seal off" the area.
Ranks road closures in order of importance so as respondents arrive, most critical closures can be addressed first.
Automatically adjusts existing evacuation routes to detour around incident locations.
Provides detour turn locations for evacuation routes.
Provides reports on affected population, including total population, under 18, Senior Citizens, housing units, group homes, retirement homes, college dorms, etc.
Provides transportation impact report, listing all road sections affected by an incident.
Automatically posts maps and reports onto internal web sites or the world wide web.
Allows for collaboration and information sharing between multiple agencies
Provides support for Amber Alerts
Includes 5 Search patterns
Includes multiple built-in maps and reports

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E-MAPS On CNN - Click here to preview a segment on CNN featuring the road block functionality of E-MAPS

Overview Screen (Click to enlarge)

Address Finder (Click to enlarge)

Plume Model (Click to enlarge)

Sample Reports

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Last Modified May 23, 2003