In the last decade, crisis maps have become increasingly a common support in the disaster preparedness and response cycle. In this work, five years of crisis maps from five world leader service providers have been explored and a way to extensively and quickly verify their quality is proposed. A sample of 255 maps has been assessed according to a checklist designed. The clarity of the content, the readability and usability of the maps and the respect of main cartographic standards have been assessed. The first analysis presented in this document highlighted that the basic characteristics expected in good maps are not always respected. The aim of showing current shortcomings in the crisis maps to the scientific community is to foster the improvement of their quality in the future.
CARRION Daniela;
CORBAN Christina;
BROGLIA Marco;
PESARESI Martino;
2010-10-12
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC59215
978-92-79-16429-3,
1018-5593,
EUR 24497 EN,
OP LB-NA-24497-EN-N,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC59215,
10.2788/66009,
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