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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50656#.VEh601fHRK0 Author(s)   Shawn Dias , Chaowei Yang , Anthony Stefanidis , Mathew Rice Affiliation(s) Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA . ABSTRACT Important   information pertaining to emergencies and responses to   the   emergencies is often distributed across numerous Internet sites. In the event of a disaster like an earthquake, rapid access to such information is critical. At such moments the general public usually has a hard time navigating through numerous sites to retrieve and integrate information, and this may   severely affect our capab...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50656#.VEh2hVfHRK0 Author(s) Shawn Dias , Chaowei Yang , Anthony Stefanidis , Mathew Rice Affiliation(s) Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA . ABSTRACT Important   information pertaining to emergencies and responses to   the   emergencies is often distributed across numerous Internet sites. In the event of a disaster like an earthquake, rapid access to such information is critical. At such moments the general public usually has a hard time navigating through numerous sites to retrieve and integrate information, and this may   severely affect our capability ...