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BC Emergency Event Map Viewer (BCeMap)

This project will enhance the emergency management information system being implemented by Emergency Management British Columbia. This enhancement will involve improving the BC Emergency Event Map Viewer (BCeMap) to better enable emergency management personnel to prepare for and mitigate the impacts of emergencies by sharing geospatial information.

All BC agencies involved in emergency planning and response currently spend considerable time manually responding to information requests and extracting and distributing situational awareness data. This data is well suited to electronic distribution and automated geospatial presentation-a function that the BC Emergency Event Map Viewer (BCeMap) promises to fulfill. Specifically, the BCeMap is intended to:

  • Support the production and real-time dissemination of provincial and territorial-wide incident maps;
  • Provide local government emergency management with the ability to receive and share geospatial incident information; and
  • Offer a common mapping environment that integrates location-based information about basic infrastructure, threats, and hazards.

Beginning with a user needs assessment this five-phase project is expected to be completed for the 2010 Olympic Games.

The BCeMap initiative will use the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) for sharing event data, creating interoperability between the various systems, and producing common tools that can be used across British Columbia and elsewhere. The CGDI enables Canadians to share, access, use, and combine location-based information over the Internet.

To manage and respond to threats and hazards, public safety and security organizations need to be aware of the situations they face. In support of this goal, this project is funded under the broader national Multi-Agency Situational Awareness System (MASAS) initiative of GeoConnections.


Primary Partner: Emergency Management BC  Richmond,  British Columbia;

Partners:
GeoBC - Integrated land Management Bureau
EComm
BC Hydro
BC Ministry of Environment
BC Ministry of Health Services
BC Ministry of Forest and Range
Capital Regional District
Frasier Valley Regional District
City of Vancouver
Department of National Defence
NC4
ESRI Canada

Funding From GeoConnections: $200,000.00 ( 44.03 %)

Estimated Inception Date: May, 2009

Estimated Completion Date: February, 2010

Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: British Columbia;