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USGS ShakeCast Delivering Earthquake Shaking DataTo The People Who Need It ShakeCast Features and Architecture Project Origins Project Team Issues with Current Delivery of ShakeMaps Project Goals and ShakeCast System Goals ShakeCast Terminology ShakeCast Features and Functions Prototype V1.0 Futures ShakeCast Architecture Protocols and Transport Database Development Environment Project Origins Success of ShakeMap Project ShakeMaps are data rich Recurrent difficulties utilizing ShakeMaps Consumers have had difficulty with network configuration, firewalls, and data processing Each consumer wants a different configuration of feed, requiring “hand holding” and creating a maintenance morass Missed opportunities for data utilization Significant risk that information system fragility might impact successful application of ShakeMaps in a major event ShakeCast Project Team What eventually became the ShakeCast Team has been in conversation about these issues since 1998 USGS: Dave Wald and Bruce Worden Peter German Consulting geologist, seismic data processing expert Creator of the CUBE system Robert Nigbor USC Professor Long involvement in practical applications of shaking data (e.g., Intel) Software Development Expertise Gatekeeper Systems In business since 1993 selling software for utilities Specialize in high performance, high availability systems for large database, GIS, and Internet applications Customers include large utilities and municipalities City of LA, Santa Barbara, PacifiCorp, Las Vegas Valley Water District, Georgia Power, Contra Costa County, etc. ShakeCast Software Development Team Bruce Worden – ShakeMap Software Development Phil Naecker Civil Engineer, 10 years as engineering consultant focused on water and wastewater utilities Built large high performance data management systems for business and engineering applications since 1971 Steve Caine 45 years experience building software Founded firm that sold critical software systems to DOD and related agenci