GIS software and services from ESRI are
helping local, state, and federal agencies
with multiple tasks surrounding the recent firestorms in Southern California. GIS
is being used at each incident command
post as well as multiple command
centers including Southern California
operations centers and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) joint operations center. It provides
an integrated common operational
picture for comprehensive, map-based
situational awareness. Agency personnel
take advantage of the analysis and
visualization capabilities for collaboration
among federal, state, and local agencies;
prioritization and utilization of manpower
and resources; and monitoring events
on the ground in near real time. |
Indian Railways
have sanctioned
a pilot project,
Satellite Imaging
for Rail Navigation
(SIMRAN), for
real time passenger
information system
by utilizing GPS.
This project is
being carried
out jointly by
Research Designs
& Standard & Standard
Organization, Lucknow and Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. The
pilot project is sanctioned for development
for hardware and software for providing
Real Time Train Running Information
to the passengers. 