Development of support system for making disaster hazard map by using Android Phone

Today, many local governments have hazard maps for an earthquake, a tsunami, and flood in Japan. In order to raise disaster awareness, it is necessary for people who live in a disaster area to understand and use hazard map before a disaster occurs. However, it has never been used well now. Recently, it is easy to graspand understand hazard maps and it is possible to apply to IT tools such as AR or GPS because smartphones have become popular. It is possible to make effective use of hazard maps. Therefore, the author developed using a smartphone disaster hazard map and consider it's problems.

Disaster prevention

Hazard map

Evacuation guidance

Android phone

Google map