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Chapter Three - Right Place
2. Common Operational Picture (COP) – to address large-
scale events or disaster relief
• A central information platform can immediately
become a command and coordination centre in
case of emergency, allowing officers in charge to
instantly master the overall situation to allocate
resources and issue commands
• The Chicago Marathon in the United States is an
example
• If a COP was available during Typhoon Mangkhut in
2018, the COP could integrate various pieces of data 177
in real time, and link the information on buses and
the MTR for full analytical potential on a map. The
nightmare of "resuming work" could then be avoided
• The Geotechnical Engineering Office in the Civil
Engineering and Development Department has
established a COP with information from various
work departments, including the latest data from
90 rain gauges, and emergency information such
as landslide reports. Information is uploaded to the
cloud server for integration, and the distribution of
emergency events is displayed on a large screen to
determine the response action