GIS using during Natural Disasters

Natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions have wreaked havoc on the world from the dawn of time. Technological advancements have increased the global community's capacity to respond to the issues caused by unforeseeable events.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a data collection, management, and analysis framework. Incorporating GIS into the emergency management framework has enhanced disaster planning, response timelines, cooperation, and communication under the most difficult dynamic conditions. Large-scale crises required enormous quantities of geospatial information on affected regions and resource requirements. These actions have the ultimate goal of increasing education and awareness, forming risk-reduction collaborations, aligning risk-reduction strategies, prioritizing actions, and communicating priorities.

Disaster preparation refers to measures performed ahead of time to establish operational capabilities, allowing for a more efficient and effective response to an emergency. The overland surge from hurricanes in the United States is one example of a successful application of GIS during natural disaster preparedness.

Although GIS participation in emergency management is rising, the crisis response community believes that GIS still has a long way to go to satisfy their demands. There are still several obstacles in the use of GIS in this domain, as well as many of its related disciplines such as hazard mitigation.

There are five significant limits to using GIS for hazard mitigation:

• a lack of data and the inadequacy of current data a problem in building,

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• GIS models flaws in available software,

• particularly commercial GIS a failure to appropriately address end-user needs,

• a lack of lead organizations and required infrastructure.