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Hexagon supports iLiKe project for disaster management with innovative social media integration

Source: Hexagon
Curated by: Gert Jan Wolf - Editor-in Chief for The Critical Communications Review

Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division today announced the successful completion of a proof-of-concept solution for the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior that utilizes social media data to support disaster operations. The research project was led by the Institute of Engineering and Business Informatics at Graz University of Technology and resulted in the development of iLiKe, an intelligent situation information portal that integrates data from publicly available channels to aid emergency organizations.

iLiKe serves as a portal for collecting, processing and extracting relevant information from social media and other public sources. It integrates with Hexagon’s major event management solution, HxGN OnCall Planning & Response, allowing public safety personnel to view the aggregated data in a variety of ways, including on a map for pinpointing emergencies faster. Users can also assess and rate the data for continual quality improvement of information, resulting in more informed decision-making in the future.