Abstract

Mapping Human Dynamics with Social Media for Disaster Alerts
Track: Big Data
Authors: Ming-Hsiang Tsou, Chin-Te Jung

San Diego County is partnering with San Diego State University to develop a new social media–based platform for disseminating emergency warnings to San Diego citizens. The prototype uses ESRI ArcGIS online base-maps along with multiple social media APIs to allow County’s Office of Emergency Services to spread disaster alerts quickly and to targeted geographic locations. This large interdisciplinary research project will study human dynamics across social media and social networks.