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Proposal and evaluation of tsunami disaster drill support system using tablet computer

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In Japan, for tsunami disaster prevention, the government prepares tsunami hazard maps and provides them to residents. However, residents often do not examine the provided maps. Thus, these maps are not well utilized. In this study, we focused on the offline Geographic Information System and proposed a tsunami disaster drill support system that displays a tsunami hazard map, the current location, and route for the users. Using a prototype of the proposed system, we conducted an evaluation for the same in the Otaru City, Hokkaido. The results showed that the basic functions of the proposed system were mostly favorable for the evacuation process.

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The datasets of GPS log in Fig.8 generated during the current study are available in the TsunamiDisasterDrillSupportSystem, at GitHub (https://github.com/h-fukada-OUC/TsunamiDisasterDrillSupportSystem).

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Acknowledgements

We would like to extend our most sincere appreciation to citizens of Otaru city who participated in the usability evaluation using the prototype of the proposed system.

Funding

This work was supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP24520883, JP20K12394, JP22K01040, and JP23K00969.

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  1. Department of Information and Management Science, Otaru University of Commerce, Otaru, 047-8501, Japan

    Hidemi Fukada

  2. School of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan

    Yuichi Hashimoto

  3. Hunes Corporation, Sapporo, 010-0013, Japan

    Miyuki Oki

  4. Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan

    Yusuke Okuno

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This study received technical support from the head of the system development department at Hunes Corporation, Japan. The authors of this paper are paying honorarium to the company for their technical support.

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Fukada, H., Hashimoto, Y., Oki, M. et al. Proposal and evaluation of tsunami disaster drill support system using tablet computer. Int. j. inf. tecnol. 15, 4029–4039 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-023-01465-7

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