Geophone: integrated system for obtaining geo-referenced information for emergency services

• Grant number: 99/11676-6
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: June 01, 2000
• End date: May 31, 2003
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
• Principal Investigator: Flávio Gonçalves Boskovitz
• Grantee: Flávio Gonçalves Boskovitz
• Company: Geodados Mapeamento e Pesquisa Ltda

Abstract

This project is looking to develop Geophone - an integrated system of geo-referenced information capable of instantly localizing on the digital map of the city the origin of a phone call, to carry out a spatial analysis for creating data on the distance of the point of origin of the phone call to other aspects of interest (hydrants, police precincts, schools, hospitals etc.), the best route from point to point, to look for tabulated data relative to the point of origin, and finally to generate, store and print out a report containing this information. Geophone is a system that uses, in an integrated manner, a phone call identifier, a microcomputer and an exit device. The focus of the research will be to achieve an improvement in the integration of the call identifier with the microcomputer and with the system search platform, in the analysis and exhibition of the information relative to the origin of the telephone caller, so that the operators (firemen, police, rescue and ambulance) provide a better and quicker service. The Geophone is viable. It is already part of the reality of a Center of Attention and Dispatch of the Military Police of the State of São Paulo, implanted within the 17th Battalion in the town of São José do Rio Preto. During phase 2, the research emphasis will be to make a general improvement to the system, creating new tools for geo-processing, improving those already in existence, improving the routines for better performance, developing a fusion between the Operational System of the Military Police and Geophone and remodeling the data bank with links to external data bases. The expansion of the Geophone service to three other towns will be fundamental for its improvement and the design of efficient methodologies of geo-referencing, geo-codification and the acquisition of field data. (AU)