A pen-based shoreline cleanup response system: Linking GID, GPS, and wireless communications
- Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL (United States)
- Groupe LGG, Quebec (Canada)
- IntelliGIS, Sugar Land, TX (United States)
Results are presented of a field evaluation of two new computerized oil spill response systems. SHORECLEAN facilitates the entry of information concerning the type of oiling of shorelines and the resources at risk, and mimics the SCAT form methodology. The ARCView Marine Spill Analysis System (AVMSAS) has been created as a statewide geographic information system (GIS) application that can perform analysis, create maps or reports, or be used to graphically manage marine spill information. This study involved an evaluation of the AVMSAS, in wireless communication with SHORECLEAN on a pen-based computer containing a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Graphical and textual information, traditionally gathered on paper, was captured on the pen-based computer by shoreline cleanup personnel and transmitted to the spill command center. The research tested the feasibility of linking these technologies to facilitate real-time two-way communication of the information needed for spill response and shoreline cleanup.
- OSTI ID:
- 478375
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961119-; TRN: 97:002641-0037
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Eco-informa `96: global networks for environmental information, Lake Buena Vista, FL (United States), 4-7 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of Eco-Informa `96 - global networks for environmental information. Volume 10 and 11; PB: 1103 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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