@article{ref1,
title="A smart phone-based system for post-earthquake investigations of building damage",
journal="International journal of disaster risk reduction",
year="2018",
author="Xu, Zhen and Lu, Xinzheng and Cheng, Qingle and Guan, Hong and Deng, Li and Zhang, Zongcai",
volume="27",
number="",
pages="214-222",
abstract="Current post-earthquake investigations of building damage are mainly conducted manually, making the collection and management of the investigation data inefficient. To overcome this shortcoming, a professional system for post-earthquake investigations of building damage is proposed herein using smart phones. This system adopts a framework which uses smart phones for distributed data collection and a web browser for centralized data management. A building-oriented database is designed to satisfy the requirements of data organization in the investigations. In addition, a data exchange mechanism between smart phones and the web server is created, demonstrating a satisfactory level of fault-tolerance for various use cases of the system. Further, an algorithm of reverse address retrieval of photos based on multi-threads is designed to conveniently index photos by their addresses. The proposed system is used in a virtual investigation of Tsinghua University campus and a practical investigation of the Tibet area during the 2015 Nepal earthquake. These case studies demonstrate that the proposed system offers an intelligentized, efficient and networked tool for post-earthquake investigations of building damage.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2212-4209",
doi="10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.10.008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.10.008"
}