RE: [emergency] For those interested in standarized EM symbology

You can find a link to the Canadian symbology document at http://capan.ca/index.php/en/geopresent/,
as well as a link to the CAPAN CAP Event Location Layer and CAP “experimental”
symbology service (see www.capan.ca/geopresent/icon).
The event list is at www.capan.ca/CAP-CP.
Combine them, and we’ve been able to move Canadian stakeholders to use common
terms and symbology with CAP alerts.

 

Cheers,

 

Doug Allport

Executive Director

Canadian Association for Public Alerting and Notification
(CAPAN)

 

(613) 271-1040 Tel

(613) 271-6208 Fax

(613) 294-4425 Blackberry

www.CAPAN.ca

 

 

 

From: Carl Reed [mailto:]

Sent: June-30-10 3:51 PM

To: emergency TC lists Oasis

Subject: [emergency] For those interested in standarized EM symbology

 

GeoConnections
Releases Canada's Emergency Mapping Symbology (EMS) version 1.0

Over 200 emergency mapping symbols are now available for use in geospatial
products that will help provide common understanding of emergency situations
and improve information-sharing. The two-tiered symbology was designed to cover
a wide range of emergency incident, infrastructure and operations subjects. The
symbols are tailored to Canadian requirements for situational awareness, first
response, natural hazards, public alerting and critical infrastructure. The
Emergency Mapping Symbology is free to use, share, modify and extend without
restriction.

Cheers

Carl Reed, PhD

CTO and Executive Director Specification Program

OGC

 

The OGC: Helping the World to Communicate Geographically

 

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