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GEAR for Collaboration(GeoConference® Enhancement for ARGOS)Real-Time Collaboration Enhancement for the ARGOS Radiological / Nuclear Risk Assessment System – CRTI 06-0163TD
Charles Siegel
Consultant for PCI Geomatics
CoauthorsKendra Shaw, RPB, Health CanadaEric Pellerin, RPB, Health CanadaYves Carbonneau, PCI Geomatics
Project Partners – GeoConference Enhancement for ARGOS
Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response Division, Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada
Environmental Emergency Response Division, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada
PCI Geomatics Inc. / TGIS Technologies
DBx Geomatics
Neolore Networks Inc.
Special thanks to the Airborne Geophysics Section, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada for their cooperation.
Objectives of
GEAR for CollaborationIntegrate COTS conferencing into Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan's ARGOS system:Provide map-based incident discussion, both inside and outside the EOC, using...Internet collaboration...To give a common operational picture to...Provide group decision-support and...Decision recording.
Context:
Federal Nuclear Emergency PlanObjective of the Plan is RN safety of Canadians, at home and abroad.
Defines roles and responsibilities of the Canadian federal government in the event of nuclear or radiological emergencies.
Health Canada is the designated lead department. The custodian of the Plan is the Radiation Protection Bureau's Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response Division.
Datagathering
and incident
informationcoordination
Modelingand
prediction
Counter-measure
and mitigation
recom mendations
Interagencyresource
coordination(incident)
Supportfor
provincialemergency
management
ARGOS (Accident Reporting and Guidance System)> Product of successfully-completed CRTI
project (CRTI 0080TA)
> Analytical heart of the FNEP systems> Runs on Environment Canada
supercomputer (CMC-Dorval)eMAP – map-based, Web-accessible interface (input/output) for ARGOSCollaborative working environment
Technical Assessment ToolsARGOS+eMAP integration
Radiation Protection Bureau, Ottawa
ERP code input
Monitoring data:-field teams;-Mobile labs;-External labs-External partners;-First responders
ARGOS – Data Integration Model
In a GeoConference session, a shared, synchronized map view
Active pointers available for all participants
Shared, editable, georeferenced knowledge recording
Low bandwidth, keep up with conversation
Incorporate geoinfo from many sources
Shared georeferencedShared georeferencedannotationsannotations
Map pointersMap pointers
A shared map during an on-line meeting...
What's added with geoconferencing?
ARGOS+ eMAP already support collaborative work...What's the difference?
ARGOS+eMAP: collaboration through database...
GeoConference: shared map is part of person-to-person, on-line discussion
So why GEAR?Why integrate GeoConference?Gap 1 – Gathering the Technical Assessment team
Where are personnel best located (field or lab or EOC)?
FNEP expertise in several locales
The incident site may be anywhere
Experts assigned away or prepositioned
Key staff may be traveling...
PCI Geomatics' GeoConference® in use in during an exercise, Sécurité civile du Québec. Photo: Charles Siegel
So why GEAR?Why integrate GeoConference?Gap 2 – Communicate and collaborate with geoinformation
Most FNEP info is georeferenced
Concentrate on discussion
Brief decision-makers and other technical partners in the FNEP
Support the provinces and other external partners
So why GEAR?Why integrate GeoConference?Gap 3 – Record, audit, learn
Explicitly add georeferenced info: > Annotations
> Findings in journal
Log and time stamp text messages
So why GEAR?Why integrate GeoConference?Gap 3 – Record, audit, learn
Know what we were doing...What we were seeing...And who was present, when...Learn and improve responseRequire-ment in EM
FNEP SECURE NETWORK
ARGOS(NEPRD- led multiagenc y
s y s tem)
c omputing res ourc es(e.g. EC/CMC
s uperc omputer ,Env .Canada)
netw ork datares ourc es
models(d is pers ion,
etc )
EMapReal-time
collaboration(RT C) se rver
collaborationsession
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CRTI Demo Project: integration, development...
Integrate off-the-shelf software for geoconferencing (PCI Geomatics' GeoConference®) to the system already in use by the FNEP
Add input/output for 'value-added' information (annotations)
Add recording and playback components (audit functionality)
FNEP SECURE NETWORK
ARGOS(NEPRD- led multiagenc y
s y s tem)
c omputing res ourc es(e.g. EC/CMC
s uperc omputer ,Env .Canada)
netw ork datares ourc es
models(d is pers ion,
etc )
EMapReal-time
collaboration(RT C) se rver
collaborationsession
s es s iondata s tore
us er
us er
us er
Output servicedefined byIS
O 19128
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us er
Array S
ystems
secure gateway
In ter n et
I/Ocomponent
s es s ionrec ord
auditc lient
Test in Exercise Silver (1)
Unite personnel in and beyond the FNEP network (Vancouver, Dorval, Ottawa)
Test in Exercise Silver (2)
Discuss dispersion plume output as soon as it becomes available.
Test in Exercise Silver (3)
Make recommendations
Comment: "Just lets you go out there and get it done."
Project outcomes
More timely communication of information, with the expertise required to apply it in emergency situations
More efficient use of personnel (reduce time lost in transit)
Increased utility of personnel (they can stay in the lab or in the field)
Better access to expertise
Improved support for decision-makers and external partners
Extended decision-recording to support auditing and review (mandated requirements, ISO)
More effective exercises
Future work (not necessarily CRTI)
From the base established in the demo project, improvethe integration of ARGOS, eMAP and GeoConference® (more automation)
Improve audit and playback features of GeoConference
Build on the interoperability features of eMAP and GeoConference to improve communication and collaboration internally and with other systems
Develop GeoRSS features to communicate situational awareness
Provide develop a browser version of GeoConference to provide platform for independence and small hand-held devices
Ergonomics of a version usable on a small screen
Optimize for high-latency communications (satellite communication)