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Formal quality assessment of crisis maps produced during 2005-2010
Preliminary results and a proposal for rapid and cost-effective quality assessment
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In the last decade, crisis maps have become increasingly a common support in the disaster preparedness and response cycle. In this work, five years of crisis maps from five world leader service providers have been explored and a way to extensively and quickly verify their quality is proposed. A sample of 255 maps has been assessed according to a checklist designed. The clarity of the content, the readability and usability of the maps and the respect of main cartographic standards have been assessed. The first analysis presented in this document highlighted that the basic characteristics expected in good maps are not always respected. The aim of showing current shortcomings in the crisis maps to the scientific community is to foster the improvement of their quality in the future
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Authors
European Commission and Joint Research Centre
Series
JRC Scientific and Technical Reports
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Publication year : 2010
License: All rights reserved ©
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