GPS World, May 2016
Inertial Ranging eLoran Wi Fi Bluetooth GEODESY Continued from previous page Data Counters to Terror Disease the date of the GPS data file and both autonomous and WAAS corrected GPS gives positions at the mid year epoch of the current year that is positions are now at epoch 20165 This matters because stuff moves including the ground you are standing on Some places move more than others California moves more than Missouri Chile moves more than Germany January 1 2005 is 11 years ago If the ground is moving 3 cm yr thats 33 cm over 11 years Quite a bit of introduced error To Read Eric Gakstatters full column What really matters to GIS professionals see geospatial solutions com reallymatters BY Art Kalinski GEOINTEL L IGENCE CONTRIBUTING E DITOR T he Esri Federal GIS Conference session on global response to pandemics and biological threats focused mostly on the Zika virus but much of the background informat ion covered geospat ial aspects of the Ebola outbreak in Africa Maps provide a valuable visualization tool that helps understand complex outbreaks and how to combat their spread The growing need for more sophisticated spatial monitoring analysis and display led to the creation of the Geospatial Research Analysis and Services Program GRASP under the auspices of the Centers for Disease Control CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry GRASP has grown into a sophisticated monitoring and analysis system When a serious outbreak occurs CDC stands up an Emergency Operations Center in accordance with the National Incident Management System GRASP maps imagery and visualizations help everyone understand the nature and scope of the threat by creating a common operational picture To Read Art Kalinkis full column GIS and biological threats see geospatial solutions com biothreats 14 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM MAY 2016
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