A PCI USE CASE: The Emergency Geomatics Service (EGS): Providing Satellite-Derived Information to the Emergency Management Community Natural Resources Canada, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation Geneviève Marquis, Doctoral Candidate, M.Sc, M.Adm Manager, EGS

2 Emergency Geomatics Service (EGS)  What is EGS?  How it works (and where is PCI in this??)  EGS future state

What is EGS ?  The beginning…the concept of RISK and Cartography EGS Vision: Using Earth Observation to provide emergency mapping products and services. 3 Photo credit: photography-simply-a-rock/simply-a-rock /

4 What is EGS ?  Since 2006 the EGS team has provided emergency response mapping across Canada and has responded to International emergency mapping requests from DND.  Primarily provide support for floods, and ice-jams..  What’s new this year?  Methods/Application:  Increased Automation for Floods  Pilot project to map ice condition during spring breakup in northern Ontario to help identify potential ice jams.  Geo Intelligence to support operations for Wildfires  Two sites: Sherbrooke (primary for floods) and Ottawa (primary for ice)  1 team/2-locations, 1 system

How it works? Domestic (Public Safety) International (DND) 5 EGS Ice Jams Floods Wild Fires NRCan & its mandate with the Emergency Act

How it works?  Image is acquired.  Image is processed (PCI), and intelligence is extracted.  4-6 hours from Reception to Product delivery to Public safety 6

How it works? PCI and Radarsat Imagery  EGS Flood and River Ice Breakup Mapping with Radarsat-2  Workflow developed in Geomatica 2015 using Python scripting, with all the attendant advantages  PCI in the forefront providing detailed support of Radarsat-1 and Radarsat-2  PCIDSK file format adheres to open standards, allowing for development of custom modules by users.  Historically, a long standing beneficial relationship between CCRS and PCI 7

8 EGS Products delivery during operations

9 How are EGS Products Used?  To support Public Safety Canada’s Common Operating Picture (COP) and Situational Reports (SitRep) for flood events  For near-real time emergency response situational awareness  To facilitate local on-the-ground decisions  To support potential deployment of DND troops in Canada or DART overseas for emergency response assistance  In media briefings Photo: CBC.ca

10 EGS Product – open water flood extent

11 EGS Product – open water flood extent

Ice Breakup Conditions Monitoring Products  Rubble Ice Cover (rough) 12 Sheet Ice Cover (smooth)

13 Ice Breakup Conditions Monitoring (New Product)

EGS future state Externally Funded Projects Government Related Initiatives Program (GRIP) Goal: to improve our methods and algorithms to better target floods and ice jams in problems zones, i.e., urban and flooded vegetation areas. CSA contribution. Data Utilisation and Application Plan (DUAP) Goal: to transition of our operations from RS-2 based to Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM). CSA contribution Volunteer Geographic Information Goal: to initiate the “Citizen-Science”, data validation from a mobile app. Validation in Fort Albany, Spring Capacity-building and Tech Transfer with First Nations. Public Safety contribution Research and Development Urban Area Flooded Vegetation Area Geo Intelligence for WildFire Federal Geospatial Platform 14

15 Geneviève Marquis Thank You!