ShakeCast
An application for automating ShakeMap delivery to critical users and for facilitating notification of shaking levels at user-selected facilities.
What's New
The current release of ShakeCast is Version 2.0.4 (October 2008). This is a complete rewrite from Version 1.0, and although it preserves the basic features and principles, it is advised that all users upgrade to Version 2 to add significant improvements in robustness, capabilities and features, and ease of installation and use. ShakeCast comes in two distinctly different applications, ShakeCast (Version 2.0.4) and ShakeCast "Lite".
ShakeCast 2.0 - A Guided Tour
- PowerPoint Document [34.5 MB]
- Portable Document Format (PDF) [37.1 MB]
- Keynote Presentation [380 KB]
ShakeCast (Version 2.0.4)
Critical users (lifeline utilities, for example) can receive automatic notifications within minutes of an earthquake indicating the level of shaking and the likelihood of impact to their own facilities. Read More …
- Usage
- An application for automating ShakeMap delivery to critical users and for facilitating notification of shaking levels at user-selected facilities. Full Web-based Graphical User Interface & Documentation
- Platform
- Windows
- Interface
- PERL, Apache, MySQL, PHP
- Output
- Email & Cell messaging, Web-based GUI using Google Maps
- Authors
- Kuo-Wan Lin and David Wald
ShakeCast "Lite" (ShakeMap RSS Reader)
Delivers maps of areas affected by an earthquake. Areas of interest can be defined, and shaking thresholds can be set to trigger automatic notifications. Easy to integrate with in-house systems. Read More …
- Usage
- Automated ShakeMap delivery to users, facilitating use of ShakeMap products and post-download post-commands (script startup)
- Platform
- Mac, Unix, Windows
- Interface
- Scripts / text configuration files
- Output
- ShakeMap products and post-commands (Google Earth, Browser, etc.)
- Authors
- Kuo-Wan Lin and David Wald
