Information technical in nature that helps technical or responder readers accomplish a particular task
With the advent of GPS and other locating devices, firefighters have taken an active roll in mapping information. However when the data is collected it tends to come in a variety of “inconsistent” forms. While it is great that firefighter take the initiative to collect information using a GPS, often…..
One of the common problems cartography and map making is how to map a round world on a flat piece of paper (yes he world is round). This has been a problem since the beginning of map making. This Vox video does an excellent job explaining it.
One clever ways view information about an occupancy is to have all of you information in one location. We saw this in Tumwater, Washington where all of the “critical information” was available in one spot for responding fire companies. There was location outside the collapse zone (I’m not sure if…..