Data Startup Geospiza Helps Cities Prepare for Disaster
At least that's the proposition of Geospiza, a data analysis startup in
The company shares its name with a bird in the Galapagos Islands, the first species scientists have observed evolving in real time.
Co-founded in 2017 by former emergency manager
Cochennet said Tuneberg was inspired to launch Geospiza when, after more than a decade of experience in emergency management and public health, she got frustrated with the lack of usable, integrated data to make life-or-death decisions.
"She had to rely on information that existed, but it wasn't in useful, integrated format. It was in a binder on a shelf or a convoluted spreadsheet," he said. "That was the genesis ... there has got to be a better way to leverage this information in a world where data availability and the creation of data is exponential."
Cochennet said Geospiza effectively launched its online platform in spring 2018 and has started working with municipalities in the states of
For Geospiza's part, the company is working with the
"We're augmenting our vulnerability model that we have with
He said all this requires manual effort on Geospiza's part, but the company is moving toward an autonomous, independent tool by which cities could assess and implement solutions themselves.
"The smoke detector demonstration was, quite frankly, a proof of concept," Bennet said. "I anticipate (the platform) will be used in other ways, and I see it being an iterative relationship where, as the folks at Geospiza ... come up with new ideas, we will then embrace those, iterate upon them and continue to develop a data-focused public safety program."
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