WiPo for SAR: Taking the Web in Your Pocket When Doing Search and Rescue in New Zealand

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Author(s): Karyn Rastrick (University of Waikato, New Zealand), Florian Stahl (University of Münster, Germany), Gottfried Vossen (University of Münster, Germany, and University of Waikato, New Zealand)and Stuart Dillon (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 21
Source title: Emergency and Disaster Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6195-8.ch035

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Crisis Response and Management / Emergency & Disaster Management / Government & Law

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WiPo (Web in your pocket) is a prototypical mobile information provisioning concept that can offer potential benefits to a range of situations where data sources are vast, dynamic and unvalidated and where continuous Internet connectivity cannot be assured. One such case is that of search and rescue (SAR), a unique case of emergency management characterized by the need for high-quality, accurate and time-sensitive information. This paper reports on empirical research undertaken to explore the potential for a real-world application of a mobile service such as WiPo which is based on the delivery of highly curated, multi-source data made available offline. Adopting an interpretive interview-based approach, the authors evaluate the potential usefulness of WiPo for search and rescue incidents in New Zealand. Upon learning of the core functionality of WiPo and the alignment of that with the typical search and rescue situation, study participants were unanimously positive about its potential for improving search and rescue management and outcomes.

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