Eric van Capelleveen

Twijnstra Gudde Management Consultants

Netherlands

Abstract of the presentation

The Threat of Floods in The Netherlands is again increasing. Large area’s in river regions had to be evacuated as recent as in 1995. New standards of the OCG (see: www.OpenGeoSpatial.org) in distributed Geo webservices can provide powerful solutions in crisis management. Geo webservices actually “serve” geo related information from the source holder with the administrative responsibility. Public safety and crisis require instant access to those sources. The ministry of Transport, The Province of Gelderland and the German Bunde NordRhein Westfalen and Twijnstra Gudde have tested the feasibility of this state of the art technology to address the Flood emergency scenario with the administrative key players in realistic action. Eric van de Capelleveen will demonstrate this virtual crisis control and the need for further Geo standardisation. He will illustrate the case of fast distributed information access when the local emergency escalates into a National crisis when one of the ships on the river turned out to carry toxic cargo…

Bio:

Eric van Cappeleveen (1957) became partner at Twijnstra Gudde after a carrier in construction and ICT and industrial automation. His wide interests made him responsible for assignments varying from software selection to large scale chain integration among government agencies. Eric has played a key role in Geo standardisation over the last five years. At the moment he concentrates on eGovernment and issues of safety.

Events: Geo Information Systems (GIS)

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