MARPLOT Beta Joseph Mastandrea Emergency Response and Crisis Plan Manager Orange County Public Schools

Additional Affiliations   Present Adjunct Instructor, Louisiana State University National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (4+ years)   Past CAMEO / MARPLOT / ALOHA Course Manager and Instructor, Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (7+ years)

The Suite   Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO)   Mapping Application for Response, Planning and Local Operational Tasks (MARPLOT)   Areal Locations of Hazardous Materials (ALOHA)   LandView

The Balance Sheet   Benefits – –Developed by Federal Agencies – –Runs quickly on most MS and Mac platforms – –When you download CAMEO the chemical library is included – –Popular with planners and responders – –Focus response efforts – –Free training available   Limitations – –Developed by Federal Agencies – on “Census time” – –Statistical predictions of vulnerable zones resemble weather forecasts – –Statistical models do not consider topography

MARPLOT Today   Today you can obtain MARPLOT packaged in two different ways – –As a free standalone - download from EPA at – –Packaged US Census data and Landview via (entire US on 2 DVDs at $129) or (one state at a time for free)   Download additional county maps for free at

MARPLOT Today List -> Map List, Find New Map, navigate to the.map

MARPLOT Today

MARPLOT Beta   Downloads with the continental US and state maps   As you zoom in, MARPLOT automatically downloads any needed local maps and displays them   Looks more like a highway map, online mapping program or atlas   Uses the same navigation buttons as the current MARPLOT

MARPLOT TODAY Deriving a population estimate from an area:   Draw polygon or plot plume   Select polygon or plume   List menu -> Search… – –Objects inside or touched by – –Set layer to Census Block Points – –Search, Show All on Map   Sharing menu -> LandView -> Get Info   Summarize

Simplified Population Estimates

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MARPLOT Beta

Aerial Photos Today   Select for or search for an USGS-GNIS object in LandView   Click the “Web Link” button   On the web page, click “View USGS Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ)”   Save the file to your computer   Create a new layer or open an existing layer, bring in the photo and geo-reference (a long process taking several steps)

Aerial Photos in the Beta

Topo Maps Today   Select for or search for an USGS-GNIS object in LandView   Click the “Web Link” button   On the web page, click “View USGS Digital Raster Graphic or Topozone.com”   Like aerial photos, topo maps must be saved, placed in a layer and geo- referenced

Topop maps in the Beta

Hands-on Demonstration Standard “beta software” disclaimers apply   You are about to see the latest beta which is the fourth in the series   General release and availability are scheduled for early 2009   Some of the menus, dialog boxes and features are not complete

Training Resources   Dwayne Mundy, North Central Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee   Free DHS FEMA National Preparedness Directorate (NPD) National Integration Center (NIC), Training and Exercise Integration Secretariat (TEI), Training Operations (TO) via FDEM (our SAA) – –PER 229 Intro to CAMEO (-1 TTT) – –MGT 320 Utilizing CAMEO in WMD (-1 TTT)

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