The ResponderMaps Common Operating Picture Platform, now under development, is a map sharing system for emergency management, designed to help teams coordinate and improve situation awareness.
ResponderMaps will provide a wiki-like interface where participating organizations can share their map information using open standard formats. ResponderMaps' layers and live feeds will eventually support all hazards and all phases of the emergency management process.
The first ResponderMaps pilot project is to assemble a common operating picture for emergency management in the SF Bay Area. We are working with a variety of agencies and companies to learn requirements and find relevant data sets.
This repo contains the source code for the ResponderMaps web service, which is built on software developed by the GeoCam Project. GeoCam helps disaster responders get information faster by sharing maps, photos, and other data using their mobile devices. The GeoCam team is part of the NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group, and the project is funded by Google. GeoCam software is released open source and interoperates using open standards.
These installation instructions are a work in progress. If you follow the directions and run into problems, let us know!
Our primary development platform for these tools is Ubuntu Linux 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), running Python 2.7 and Django 1.4. For the basic installation we use Django's built-in development web server with a SQLite 3.7 database. For the advanced installation we use the Apache 2.2 web server hosting Python using mod_wsgi 3.3.2, with a MySQL 5.1 database.
We have also successfully installed some of these tools on RedHat Enterprise Linux 6, Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), and an Ubuntu virtual machine running under VMWare on a Windows host. However, we do not officially support those platforms. Our installation instructions below assume Ubuntu.
export GEOCAM_DIR=$HOME/projects/geocam # or choose your own mkdir -p $GEOCAM_DIR
Check out our latest source revision with:
cd $GEOCAM_DIR git clone git://github.com/geocam/geocamResponderMaps.git
For more information on the Git version control system, visit the Git home page. You can install Git on Ubuntu with:
sudo apt-get install git-core
Especially for a quick test install, we recommend using the virtualenv tool to put the relevant Python packages in an isolated sandbox where they won't conflict with other Python tools on your system.
To install virtualenv, create a sandbox named packages, and
"activate" the sandbox:
sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv mkdir $GEOCAM_DIR/virtualenv cd $GEOCAM_DIR/virtualenv virtualenv --no-site-packages geocamResponderMaps source geocamResponderMaps/bin/activate
After your sandbox is activated, package management tools such as
easy_install and pip will install packages into your sandbox
rather than the standard system-wide Python directory, and the Python
interpreter will know how to import packages installed in your sandbox.
You'll need to source the activate script every time you log in
to reactivate the sandbox.
First install Ubuntu packages:
# tools for Python package compilation and management sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev python-pip subversion gcc # basic database sudo apt-get install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev
To install Python dependencies, generate initial configuration files, and collect static files for the server, run:
cd $GEOCAM_DIR/geocamResponderMaps ./manage.py bootstrap --yes source $GEOCAM_DIR/geocamResponderMaps/sourceme.sh ./manage.py prep
You'll need to source the sourceme.sh file every time you open a new
shell if you want to run related Python scripts such as starting
the Django development web server. The sourceme.sh file will also
take care of activating your virtualenv environment in new shells, if
you were in a virtualenv when you ran setup.py.
To initialize the database:
$GEOCAM_DIR/geocamResponderMaps/manage.py syncdb
The syncdb script will ask you if you want to create a Django superuser.
We recommend answering 'yes' and setting the admin username to root
for compatibility with our utility scripts.
To run the Django development web server:
$GEOCAM_DIR/geocamResponderMaps/manage.py runserver
Under Django 1.4, you may need to add the --nothread option:
$GEOCAM_DIR/geocamResponderMaps/manage.py runserver --nothread
Now you're ready to try it out! If you can open a web browser on the same host where the server is installed, you can start using the app by visiting http://localhost:8000/ in that browser.