Begin forwarded message: > "Successful Response Starts with a Map: Improving Geospatial Support > for Disaster Management" > http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11793.html > Geospatial data describe the locations of things on the earth's > surface, and geospatial tools manipulate such data to create useful > products. Thus, this report is about the maps that are an essential > part of search and rescue operations, about the GPS (Global > Positioning > System) receivers that allow first responders to locate damaged > buildings or injured residents, about images that are captured from > aircraft to provide the first comprehensive picture of an event's > impact, about road maps that form the basis of evacuation planning, > and > about all of the other information connected to a location that can be > used in emergency management. From the National Research Council of > the > National Academies, this book can be read free online, or purchased in > hard copy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TELECOM-CITIES Current searchable archives (Feb. 1, 2006 to present) at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Old searchble archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
