It was a wake-up call for Godavari Kumbhmela administration and they have realised how important it is to use technology (GIS) for live crowd management. On 14th at the start a stampede caused -30- deaths at The Pushkar Ghat. The unfortunate event on 14th July at Rajahmundry Godavari Pushkaralu (Kumbh) has seen big-wigs understanding the importance of GIS in disaster management. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FlQL7gg7zo (sorry this is in Telugu.. this is only to show that interest is created) technology helps pushkara crowd
Initially Rajans modest group of young researchers with their servers was in a not so clean room of Police Guest House at Rajahmundry. Even getting life feed of Video cameras was an up-hill task. Come 15th July and people have understood why this Professor (K.S.Rajan) is sweating out in the computer room while Rajahmundry received 40 Deg C temperature. On 15th July Honbl Chief Minister of A.P state (India),also paid a visit to Rajans great effort. Kudos to the young crowd of volunteers not only in the computer room but sweating it out at Various Ghats for providing vital information through an Android application on their smart phones. KAIINOS the Open GIS company, are behind all this as a sheet-anchor. On the website you can find a Man-Rajahmundry GIS link too. Ravi Kumar On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:19 AM, K S Rajan <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > Pls do have a look at the link where our operational Spatial DSS results > of Crowd Analysis are hosted http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/godavaripushkaralu/ > <http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/godavaripushkaralu/>with live feed being analyzed > frequently from a range of inputs including Live video feeds, locational > inputs etc. > It has started off well with many bureaucrats and decision makers > interested in it including the ChiefMinister's office. And the police using > it for in-field decisions. > > Feedbacks/comments welcome. > > regards, > Rajan > > -- > 1. OSGeo-India held its 2nd National FOSS4G-India Conference, June 8-10, > 2015 @ Dehradun.(http://foss4gindia.in) > ---------------------------------------------------------- > K S Rajan, Ph.D. > Head, Lab for Spatial Informatics, and Associate Professor, > Founder Treasurer, OSGeo-India > > International Institute of Information Technology > Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India > Tel: (+91-40)6653 1276 > Fax: (+91-40)6653 1413 > E-mail: [email protected] > GeoLocation: 17.4454 N, 78.3503 E > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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