{"id":1839,"date":"2017-04-04T08:04:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nachodelatorre.com.ar\/mosconi\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2017-04-04T08:04:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:04:50","slug":"un-desarrollo-con-el-uso-de-la-tecnologia-movil-y-los-satelites-colabora-en-emergencias-y-catastrofes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=1839","title":{"rendered":"Un desarrollo con el uso de la tecnolog\u00eda m\u00f3vil y los sat\u00e9lites, colabora en emergencias y cat\u00e1strofes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cLa parte m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil de la entrega de ayuda es la \u00faltima milla\u201d, dijo Christina Bain, un ingeniero de sistemas de Lockheed Martin.\u00a0\u201cSe est\u00e1 conectando recursos en el terreno con las personas que m\u00e1s lo necesitan\u201d. L<\/span>a distribuci\u00f3n segura de los recursos a las zonas m\u00e1s afectadas de un desastre natural es dif\u00edcil por muchas razones.\u00a0Sin sistemas de comunicaci\u00f3n fiables, informaci\u00f3n meteorol\u00f3gica o de planificaci\u00f3n de rutas, es dif\u00edcil saber a d\u00f3nde los\u00a0suministros son m\u00e1s necesarios. Para satisfacer esta necesidad Lockheed Martin y otros, est\u00e1n\u00a0desarrollando una herramienta web gratuita, de cogido\u00a0abierto, que utiliza la tecnolog\u00eda\u00a0espacial para ofrecer informaci\u00f3n\u00a0precisa y actualizada para \u00a0ayuda humanitaria, el producto llamado “HELPNOW”, colaborara con los individuos, los gobiernos y las organizaciones no gubernamentales(ONG), que requieran apoyo y localizaci\u00f3n\u00a0de enrutamiento hacia\u00a0las zonas que mas lo necesitan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"help-now-lead\"When typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines<\/a> in November of 2013, the world responded with millions of dollars\u2019 worth of aid and supplies, but many of those resources \u2013 medicine, clean water and food \u2013 were stranded at the country\u2019s airports and seaports after arrival.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe hardest part of delivering aid is the last mile,\u201d said Christina Bain, a systems engineer at Lockheed Martin. \u201cIt\u2019s connecting resources on-the-ground with the people who need them most.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Safely distributing resources to the hardest-hit areas of a natural disaster is difficult for many reasons. Without reliable communication systems, weather information or up-to-date route planning, it\u2019s hard to know where supplies are needed most \u2013 let alone get the resources there.<\/span><\/p>\n

To meet this need, Lockheed Martin and other members of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Space<\/a> are developing a free, open-source web tool that uses the power of space technologies to deliver accurate, up-to-date information to humanitarian relief efforts.\u00a0The product, called HelpNow™, will help individuals, governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that require support locating and routing humanitarian aid to areas that need it most.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur end goal is to maximize the compassionate efforts of volunteers and NGOs who respond to natural disasters,\u201d said Gary Hoffman, software developer at Lockheed Martin. \u201cEven though satellites are far removed from the victims of these disasters, the data and imagery we get from them help deliver food to someone starving or provide water to someone who desperately needs it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When the HelpNow prototype is complete in summer 2016, it will be free to governments, NGOs and individuals. The software\u2019s open-source platform allows developers to customize the tool by adding plug-ins or apps, and it will be available on desktops, tablets and smartphones. Designed without proprietary information, viewable data will be determined by permission-level logins based on the type of user.<\/span><\/p>\n

A key component of the HelpNow app is its matching algorithm, which examines the inventory of aid and supplies and matches those resources (and their location) to various types of need. Future development will also incorporate factors like road damage or weather patterns to prioritize delivering supplies to victims.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When the team first started brainstorming, they were inspired by similar algorithms from Match.com and Waze, a community-based traffic and navigation app.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of matching personality traits, we\u2019re focused on matching resource to need,\u201d Bain said. \u201cThe algorithm is not only looking for who has the resources, but also who can deliver those resources the fastest. Just because an NGO may be the closest to the need, it doesn\u2019t mean they have the resource that\u2019s needed or can get there quicker.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the app will be used by people on Earth, the data and imagery that drive the app relies on the work of several satellites orbiting the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) help geographically locate supplies as well as users who can use their smartphone\u2019s location settings. The app also relies on a number of different imagery satellites to get before and after assessments of impacted areas, and with radar technology, cloud cover and dark skies are not an obstacle.<\/span><\/p>\n

For areas where communications networks or infrastructure are disabled or damaged, communications satellites can help restore connection for first responders. Weather satellites also provide victims with enough time to evacuate if storms are seriously threatening and help to monitor hazards that may impede first responders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HelpNow is not the only humanitarian aid application out there, but it\u2019s designed to integrate with existing humanitarian systems \u2013 facilitating collaboration and feature development. Eventually, the team hopes to transfer stewardship of the app to a government entity or NGO.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith the open source framework, we\u2019re not trying to compete with anyone else \u2013 we\u2019re trying to collaborate with everyone else,\u201d Bain said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The software development team continues to receive inputs from experts in humanitarian aid and are finalizing a capability that adds route planning to the tool so first responders can avoid damaged or impassable roads. The tool\u2019s first version will be put to the test in June 2016, and the site chosen for initial testing is Bangladesh, a country challenged by severe seasonal flooding.<\/span><\/p>\n

The global HelpNow partnership consists of Lockheed Martin, Digital Globe, Amazon Web Services, Satellite Applications Catapult, Causelabs, DMCii, Deimos Imagery, the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University and eGEOS.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Fuente:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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