Collaborative data-exchange architecture for crisis management using an UAV as a mobile sensor platform

One of the key challenges during a disaster is that the activity of rescue and relief has to be well-coordinated. For this reason there is a need for a complex system that will provide facilities for acquisition, exchanging and sharing of immediate information to obtain a better overview of current situation and interactively improve the coordination of the rescue team. his article presents our approach to specific integration of various data sources and information sharing based on collaborative exchange of actual geo-located information, commands or measured data between the stationary or mobile sensor platforms and rescue workers. A role of our unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, used as a valuable source of actual data for crisis management during a forest fire combat, will be demonstrated.