D4.11

D4.11

User Guide – Draft

Instrument Collaborative Project

Call / Topic H2020-SEC-2016-2017/H2020-SEC-2016-2017-1

Project Title Multi-Hazard Cooperative Management Tool for Data Exchange, Response Planning and Scenario Building

Project Number 740689

Project Acronym HEIMDALL

Project Start Date 01/05/2017

Project Duration 42 months

Contributing WP WP 4

Dissemination Level PU

Contractual Delivery Date M20

Actual Delivery Date 20/12/2018

Editor Diana Mathew (AVA)

Contributors Diana Mathew, Joseph Muna, Angel Grablev (AVA)

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Document History

Version Date Modifications Source

0.1 24/03/2018 ToC Issue AVA

0.2 02/11/2018 First Draft AVA

0.3 14/12/2018 First issue for QA AVA

0.4 20/12/2018 QA review CIMA

1.0.D 20/12/2018 Final draft AVA

1.0.F 20/12/2018 Final version for submission DLR

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Table of Contents

List of Figures ........................................................................................................................ iii

1 HEIMDALL Web portal ................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Login ....................................................................................................................... 4

1.2 Main Window ........................................................................................................... 4

1.3 Products and Services ............................................................................................ 7

Communicating with First Responders ............................................................. 7 1.3.1

Scenarios ......................................................................................................... 7 1.3.2

Simulations .....................................................................................................10 1.3.3

Alerts ...............................................................................................................13 1.3.4

2 HEIMDALL mobile application for First Responders ......................................................15

2.1 Login ......................................................................................................................15

2.2 Main Window ..........................................................................................................15

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List of Figures

Figure 2-1: HEIMDALL GUI Homepage ................................................................................ 4

Figure 2-2: Main window of HEIMDALL platform .................................................................. 5

Figure 2-3: Map Control options on the HEIMDALL platform ................................................ 6

Figure 2-4: Map Layer options on the HEIMDALL platform ................................................... 6

Figure 2-5: Features available for communicating with First Responders. ............................ 7

Figure 2-6: Options available within the Scenarios tab ........................................................ 8

Figure 2-7: Window to create a new Scenario ...................................................................... 9

Figure 2-8: List of existing scenarios with option to view/modify the related parameters. .....10

Figure 2-9: Window to (a) execute a new simulation (b) to select ignition point/ location .....11

Figure 2-10: Window allowing inputting simulation ID to retrieve simulation results. ............12

Figure 2-11: Results (here, fire perimeter results displayed as an isochrones image) from a fire simulation run displayed over the map. ...........................................................................12

Figure 2-12: Options available under the Alerts tab. ...........................................................13

Figure 2-13: Page to create a new alert. ..............................................................................14

Figure 3-1: (a) Login window of HEIMDALL app (b) Menu options on the main window of HEIMDALL app. ...................................................................................................................16

Figure 3-2: Location of the First Responder available on the app. .......................................16

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1 HEIMDALL Web portal

1.1 Login

Access to the HEIMDALL server is possible only via an OpenVPN connection supported by Space Hellas. The web portal is available at http://gui.heimdall.sp/.

Enter the portal with your login details as shown in Figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1: HEIMDALL GUI Homepage

1.2 Main Window

Figure 1-2 shows the main window of the HEIMDALL platform. The different elements available on the main window are:

1- The map: a cartographic display showing multiple layers of information

2- Map Controls: Provides options to customise the information displayed on the map as shown in Figure 1-3. Display options can be turned on/off by clicking on the square box. Opacity level can be adjusted by moving the slider. Display colour can be customised by clicking on the coloured box on the right which opens a colour palette.

3- Layers: Provides a dropdown list of map layers that can be displayed over the main map (Figure 1-4). Options include, among others, EO imagery data, topographic maps, remote sensing and geospatial data layers and 3D-models of infrastructure.

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Selecting/De-selecting the square box allows displaying/hiding the layers. Opacity level can be adjusted by moving the slider. Display colour can be customised by clicking on the coloured box on the right which opens a colour palette.

4- List of Products/Services: Menu on the left side of the window lists the main products and services offered by the HEIMDALL platform. At the end of Release-A phase, products/services such as Fire simulator, Scenario Management tool, functionality to dispatch alerts and to communicate with personnel on the field are available. These products/services are further explained in detail in the sections below.

5- Geo-coordinates: Provides latitude/longitude information.

6- Logout: Allows the user to logout of the current session.

Figure 1-2: Main window of HEIMDALL platform

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Figure 1-3: Map Control options on the HEIMDALL platform

Figure 1-4: Map Layer options on the HEIMDALL platform

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1.3 Products and Services

Communicating with First Responders 1.3.1

Figure 1-5 (a) shows the options available under the First Responders tab.

1- List: Displays the users connected via the HEIMDALL mobile application (see Section 2 for details).

2- Status: Displays the status of the connected users. Green = user online; Grey = user offline.

3- Communication: As shown in Figure 1-5(b), the dropdown menu for the listed users offer further features to

a. Start Chat: start a chat session with a user on the field, b. Go To Location: display the location of the user on the map and c. Received Media: view the media files (image/video) received from the user.

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Figure 1-5: Features available for communicating with First Responders.

Scenarios 1.3.2

Figure 1-6 shows the options available under the Scenarios tab.

Fetch: allows accessing existing scenarios.

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New: allows creating new scenarios.

Figure 1-6: Options available within the Scenarios tab

1.3.2.1 Creating a new scenario

Figure 1-7: Window to create a new Scenario shows the window to create a new scenario. The fields marked with asterisk (*) are mandatory.

1- Scenario ID/Name: To specify a unique ID/name for the scenario.

2- Conditions: To record the environmental conditions at a specific day/time of the hazard.

3- Relationships: To specify and link any information that has been created, for example, EO products, simulations, images etc., in relation to the scenario/hazard under consideration.

4- Related Information: To record any further information, for example, the impact level, number of casualties/ injured people at a specific day and time etc. available in relation to the hazard/scenario.

The Save button at the bottom of the window creates a new scenario.

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Figure 1-7: Window to create a new Scenario

1.3.2.2 View/Modify existing scenarios

Figure 1-8 shows the window to access existing scenarios.

The user can document the evolution of a hazard/scenario by adding/editing the conditions, relationships and other related information of the chosen entry. A copy of an existing scenario can also be saved under a different name.

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Figure 1-8: List of existing scenarios with option to view/modify the related parameters.

Simulations 1.3.3

In the Release-A phase, only the fire simulator was implemented and integrated into the

HEIMDALL platform. Similar to the Scenarios tab, two options – Fetch and New – are

available under this tab.

1.3.3.1 Creating a new simulations

Figure 1-9(a) below shows the window to create a new fire simulation. The fields marked

with asterisk (*) are mandatory.

1- Simulation identifier: To specify a unique name for the simulation. Description is optional.

2- Duration/Time: To specify the duration and start time of the simulation.

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3- Ignition Point: Allows specifying the ignition point/location for the simulation on a map as shown in Figure 1-9(b).

4- Weather: To specify the weather conditions that serves as an input to the simulator.

The Run button at the bottom of the window executes a new simulation. The simulation will run in the background for a few seconds/minutes.

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Figure 1-9: Window to (a) execute a new simulation (b) to select ignition point/ location

1.3.3.2 Simulation Results

Results of a simulation can be displayed over the cartography by inputting the ID returned from the simulation run (Figure 1-10).

The extent/behaviour of the simulated parameter at any point in time, within the duration specified as simulation input, can be observed by moving the slider. A choice of parameters – output of the simulator (e.g. flame length, time of arrival, rate of spread) - is available as a dropdown menu.

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Figure 1-10: Window allowing inputting simulation ID to retrieve simulation results.

Figure 1-11: Results (here, fire perimeter results displayed as an isochrones image) from a fire simulation run displayed over the map.

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Alerts 1.3.4

As shown in Figure 1-12, two options – Fetch and New – are available under this tab.

Figure 1-12: Options available under the Alerts tab.

1.3.4.1 Creating a new alert

As shown in Figure 1-13, creation of a message is a multiple-step process that necessitates defining:

The area(s) in which the citizens should be alerted. The area(s) can be selected from a pop-up window displaying a map.

The intended audience – private or public

Information about the hazard – type, certainty and severity.

Information about when the hazard starts and when the message expires.

The response action and urgency of the action with any additional instructions if needed.

Translation(s) if needed.

Resources (if needed to provide more information about the alert) It is possible to navigate through these steps by pressing back or next. As the user moves down the list of entries, the alert message is composed in the panel at the bottom which the user is prompted to review before dispatching.

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Figure 1-13: Page to create a new alert.

1.3.4.2 Fetching existing alerts

This functionality has not been developed for Release-A. More details will be available in the final version of the user guide1.

1 Final version of the user guide (D4.12) will be submitted in M38.

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2 HEIMDALL mobile application for First Responders

HEIMDALL smartphone application (android version only) is not available for download at this stage. The app will be made available towards the end of the project.

2.1 Login

Figure 2-1(a) shows the login window of the HEIMDALL smartphone application where the user can enter his/her username and password to connect to the HEIMDALL web portal.

2.2 Main Window

The menu options on the main window, as shown in Figure 2-1(b), after a successful login include:

1- Location – allows sending location information to the web portal. The responder can visualise his/her own location and send this information to the web portal using the Send Location feature as shown in Figure 2-2.

2- Picture – enables first responder users to take pictures and send it to the HEIMDALL web portal to help the authorities to visualise the situation on the field.

3- Logout - enables the user to logout from the HEIMDALL platform

4- Message - (shown in brown box) enables first responder users to initiate a chat session with the authorities (using web portal) to communicate with the authorities using the web portal. The user can type in the Message field and use the Send button to send the message.

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Figure 2-1: (a) Login window of HEIMDALL app (b) Menu options on the main window of HEIMDALL app.

Figure 2-2: Location of the First Responder available on the app.

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