Table VII Benefits of satellite...

Table VII

Benefits of satellite technologies for disaster relief logistics operations

	Satellite technologies
	Imagery and mapping		Portable GPS devices		Telecommunications		GPS vehicle tracking
Logistics operations	Score	SD	Score	SD	Score	SD	Score	SD
1. Needs assessment^b	4^a	1.1	4^a	1.3	4^a	1.3	2	1.2
2. Needs localization	5^a	1.0	4^a	1.2	3	1.5	1	1.3
3. Installation of support facilities	3	1.4	3	1.4	2	1.5	1	1.2
4. Evaluation of roads’, facilities’, and populations’ accessibility	4^a	1.3	4^a	1.2	3	1.4	2.5	1.3
5. Logistical bottlenecks management^b	3	1.4	3	1.4	3	1.5	2	1.4
6. Localization of existing assets and facilities	4^a	1.2	4^a	1.3	2	1.2	1	1.2
7. Vehicle routing	3	1.4	3	1.4	3	1.5	4^a	1.3
8. Regional transport management	3	1.3	3	1.5	3	1.6	3	1.5
9. Local transport management	4^a	1.1	3	1.4	3	1.4	3	1.3
10. Distribution^b	4^a	1.2	4^a	1.5	2	1.3	1	1.3
11. Re-ordering	3	1.1	2	1.3	3	1.3	2	1.2
12. Coordination	4^a	1.1	4^a	1.3	2.5	1.5	2	1.4
13. Safety and security management^b	4^a	1.3	3	1.4	4^a	1.4	3	1.2
14. Decision making	4^a	1.3	3	1.5	3	1.5	1	1.2

	Satellite technologies
	Imagery and mapping		Portable GPS devices		Telecommunications		GPS vehicle tracking
Logistics operations	Score	SD	Score	SD	Score	SD	Score	SD
1. Needs assessment^b	4^a	1.1	4^a	1.3	4^a	1.3	2	1.2
2. Needs localization	5^a	1.0	4^a	1.2	3	1.5	1	1.3
3. Installation of support facilities	3	1.4	3	1.4	2	1.5	1	1.2
4. Evaluation of roads’, facilities’, and populations’ accessibility	4^a	1.3	4^a	1.2	3	1.4	2.5	1.3
5. Logistical bottlenecks management^b	3	1.4	3	1.4	3	1.5	2	1.4
6. Localization of existing assets and facilities	4^a	1.2	4^a	1.3	2	1.2	1	1.2
7. Vehicle routing	3	1.4	3	1.4	3	1.5	4^a	1.3
8. Regional transport management	3	1.3	3	1.5	3	1.6	3	1.5
9. Local transport management	4^a	1.1	3	1.4	3	1.4	3	1.3
10. Distribution^b	4^a	1.2	4^a	1.5	2	1.3	1	1.3
11. Re-ordering	3	1.1	2	1.3	3	1.3	2	1.2
12. Coordination	4^a	1.1	4^a	1.3	2.5	1.5	2	1.4
13. Safety and security management^b	4^a	1.3	3	1.4	4^a	1.4	3	1.2
14. Decision making	4^a	1.3	3	1.5	3	1.5	1	1.2

Notes: ^aTechnology categories with a median score greater than 3 and considered beneficial; ^bfour most difficult and critical operations identified from the responses to Question 1

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