@inproceedings{oai:kutarr.kochi-tech.ac.jp:00000806, author = {Jeong, Jong-Hyeok and Kinoshita, Kazu and Yamamoto, Yuta and Muneishi, Manabu and Takagi, Masataka}, book = {Society for Social Management Systems Internet Journal}, issue = {1}, month = {Mar}, note = {during last 2 years, very severe natural disasters have occurred such like tsunami by Indian Ocean Earthquake, Niigata Earthquake and Katrina which is category 5 Hurricane. The disaster taught us that the fast data acquisition is important to reduce the damages. Satellite images and aerial photographs are often used to extract damages in a rough scale. Field survey is required to monitor damage in a detail scale. This study focused on the proposal of a practical data acquisition method for field survey using a handheld GPS camera and WebGIS. The evaluation of the proposed method was carried out by comparing data acquisition using a paper map. The result of evaluation shows the proposed method is 1.5 times faster than data acquisition using a paper map. The proposed method reduced data acquisition time and processing time. The third generation cellular phone which equipped a digital camera and GPS become the standard in 2007. Therefore the proposed method will take important role in the near future.}, publisher = {Society for Social Management Systems}, title = {A Practical Method for Disaster Monitoring}, volume = {2}, year = {2006} }