Research on Emergency Rescue Response in Wenchuan County in China Based on Baidu Map Navigation Data

Abstract

Abstract. Earthquake disasters often cause massive casualties and property losses, so it is essential to achieve rapid emergency rescue response. Although many scholars have studied the speed of emergency rescue response from different perspectives, there are still many problems in the impact of road congestion on travel paths and distances, as well as the timeliness of the road network. Therefore, this study calculated the travel distance from the rescue point to the disaster point using the path planning method based on the Baidu map navigation data, and obtained the distribution map of the emergency rescue response level in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China. The results show that :(1) the path planning method based on Baidu map navigation data is more realistic and accurate than the traditional method. (2) there are apparent spatial differences in the emergency rescue response in Wenchuan County, and the emergency rescue response level in Weizhou town in the north is higher than that in Wolong and Sanjiang town in the southwest. The research results have significant reference value for planning emergency rescue routes and improving rescue speed in Wenchuan County and similar counties.