Though pervasive computing technologies are omnipresentin our daily lives, emergency cases, such as earthquakes, or res oftencause serious damages to the underlying infrastructure. In such casesrescue units rely on paper maps of the operation areas and importantinformation are broadcasted either from a central unit or from otherteams. This information is manually updated on the paper map, not onlycausing a lot of work but also being a potential source for errors. In thisresearch we implemented a system that provides a positioning system totrack forces and allows sharing information in real-time. Rescue units canannotate dierent zones and broadcast data to other units whose mapsare automatically updated with available annotations.We show how sucha system can be operated based on an independent infrastructure whichmakes it robust and reliable in emergency and catastrophe situations.    «

Though pervasive computing technologies are omnipresentin our daily lives, emergency cases, such as earthquakes, or res oftencause serious damages to the underlying infrastructure. In such casesrescue units rely on paper maps of the operation areas and importantinformation are broadcasted either from a central unit or from otherteams. This information is manually updated on the paper map, not onlycausing a lot of work but also being a potential source for errors. In thisresearch we implemented a...    »