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Habili, N. | Corby, N. | Cechet, R.P.
Abstract
A review of the methods employed to collect 'buildings specific field data' following the impact of Tropical Cyclone Larry (March 2006) resulted in a plan to build a vehicular mounted rapid data inventory collection system to compliment post disaster surveys. The system assists to overcome issues related to restricted access, poor weather and difficult working conditions. The ability to quickly collect comprehensive information that is highly critical for both damage assessment and vulnerability model validation reduces assessment errors caused by rapid clearing of debris and repairs following the disaster, along with the use of tarpaulins which often obscure the level of damage viewed from the street. RICS consists of four 5-Megapixel Ethernet cameras attached to a tripod mounted on a vehicle, a GPS device and software written in C++. The images are compressed in jpeg format 'on-the-fly' and displayed in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) along with GPS location, bearing and speed. An additional display window shows the street-directory (UBD) roadmap and a GPS tracklog. Hot keys for instant damage assessment marking location and damage levels have been programed into the GUI. All images are geo-referenced and stored in a database.
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2010-01-01T00:00:00
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