Track: Emergency Management and Public Safety
The South Florida Water Management District's Critical Facilities Atlas - Maps for Emergencies
Ed BiggsTerri Bennett
In January 1997 the South Florida Water Management District's emergency manager issued a challenge: map in sufficient detail all the critical facilities within the District's sixteen-county, 18,000-square-mile area BEFORE the upcoming hurricane season. This paper describes how a virtual GIS team consisting of forty-three individuals from six different departments overcame organizational barriers, bad data, time constraints, and zero budget to beat the odds and deliver the District's Critical Facilities Atlas on time.
Ed Biggs
South Florida Water Management District
3301 Gun Club Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680
USA
Telephone: 561-687-6777
Fax: 561-681-6232
E-mail: ed.biggs@sfwmd.gov