A Web-GIS hazards information system of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China

Xiyan Wu; Chong Xu; Xiwei Xu; Guihua Chen; Ailan Zhu; Ling Zhang; Guihua Yu; Keping Du

Natural Hazards Research (Sep 2022)

A Web-GIS hazards information system of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China

Xiyan Wu,
Chong Xu,
Xiwei Xu,
Guihua Chen,
Ailan Zhu,
Ling Zhang,
Guihua Yu,
Keping Du

Affiliations

Xiyan Wu: National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, Beijing, 100085, China; Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, 100029, China
Chong Xu: National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, Beijing, 100085, China; Key Laboratory of Compound and Chained Natural Hazards Dynamics, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, Beijing, 100085, China; Corresponding author. National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, Beijing, 100085, China.
Xiwei Xu: National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, Beijing, 100085, China; Key Laboratory of Compound and Chained Natural Hazards Dynamics, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, Beijing, 100085, China
Guihua Chen: Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, 100029, China
Ailan Zhu: Shanghai Earthquake Agency, Shanghai, 200062, China
Ling Zhang: Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, 100029, China
Guihua Yu: Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, 100029, China
Keping Du: Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100091, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 210 – 217

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The typical earthquake hazards chain includes main shock, surface ruptures, aftershocks, and earthquake-induced landslides, leading to structural damage and casualties. Lots of investigation and research were published. But there is no Web-GIS platform to integrate earthquake hazards chain data and compare relative research results. This paper studies compiling such a hazards chain database and building a cloud-based Web-GIS system of the 2008 earthquake. The system introduced by this paper provides buttons and tools to browse, query and analyze map data. In addition, this system is open to anyone to add data for viewing and comparing in the web map. The result showcases that the cloud-based system runs efficiently and flexibly. The multi-scale and multi-source data can be integrated into a “one-map” system by well-design map services and geodatabase.

Published in Natural Hazards Research

ISSN: 2666-5921 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Science: Physics: Geophysics. Cosmic physics
Website: https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/natural-hazards-research/

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