近年在災害管理科技上,自然災害的預測、偵測科技上的進步,以及資訊與通訊科技的成熟,防災公共建設和防災基礎建設現在可以自動產生可靠、機器可讀的災難警告訊息,並透過各種傳輸方式傳送給各個政府機關和一般大眾,各種災難訊息的取得標準化以及公開化之後,下一步的發展就是具有普適計算能力的裝置、系統和應用程式,讓他們來接收、認證並處理這些標準的災難訊息,從這些災難訊息中取出需要的部份,然後對將要發生或已發生的自然災害做出正確的動作,幫助我們在面對自然災害時有更充足的時間準備,降低自然災害對我們的傷害。本篇論文著重在智慧型災難防範系統(intelligent Guard against Disasters)的設計與原型。
Recent advances in disaster prediction and detection technologies and Information and communications technology (ICT) support infrastructures have enabled the generation and reliable deliveries of machine-readable early disaster alerts over all communication pathways. Relatively, ubiquitous smart devices, systems and applications that can receive, authenticate and process standard-conforming disaster alert messages and respond by taking appropriate actions to help us to be better prepared for nature disasters is the next step for the advance of disaster management technologies. This thesis focuses on the design and prototypes of such smart devices/systems/applications called iGaDs (intelligent Guards against Disasters). iGaDs are designed to process and respond to disaster alert messages that are in a standard XML format, generated authorized emergency alert services. iGaDs can help people to be better prepared when disasters happen thus reduce the danger in emergency.