Item: Mapping of Avalanche Accidents in France: Build a GIS Tool
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Title: Mapping of Avalanche Accidents in France: Build a GIS Tool
Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop 2014 Proceedings, Banff, Canada
Authors:
- Michael Deschatres [ Irstea , Unité de Recherche Erosion Torrentielle Neige et Avalanches, France ]
- Frédéric Jarry [ ANENA, Association Nationale pour l'Etude de la Neige et des Avalanches, Grenoble, France ]
- Dominique Létang [ ANENA, Association Nationale pour l'Etude de la Neige et des Avalanches, Grenoble, France ]
- François Rapin [ Irstea , Unité de Recherche Erosion Torrentielle Neige et Avalanches, France ]
- Didier Richard [ Irstea , Unité de Recherche Erosion Torrentielle Neige et Avalanches, Francee ]
- Nicolas Eckert [ Irstea , Unité de Recherche Erosion Torrentielle Neige et Avalanches, France ]
- Sébastien Escande [ ANENA, Association Nationale pour l'Etude de la Neige et des Avalanches, Grenoble, France ]
- Eric Maldonado [ Irstea , Unité de Recherche Erosion Torrentielle Neige et Avalanches, France ]
Date: 2014-09-29
Abstract: The French National Association for the Study of Snow and Avalanche, called ANENA, makes prevention on avalanche accidents in France. ANENA manages a database of the French avalanche accidents over 40 years, and notes that the global average is 21 fatal avalanche accidents and 30 deaths per year. But information on accident sites is sometimes difficult to obtain and there is no map to accompany the data collected. Nevertheless, from many years, pictures, diagrams or GPS points are often transmitted and can be used to locate events. It is proposed to create a first annual localization map of the avalanche accidents, available to the public. It will be built with an open source GIS software –Qgis-, and will be broadcast by webmapping.
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P4.09.pdf
Language of Article: English
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Keywords: Avalanche, avalanche accident, GIS, geographic information system, map, localization
Page Number(s): 1115
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