Youth Search and Rescue (YSAR) uses innovative technology in search and rescue and emergency management.
Tauranga's Youth Search and Rescue organisation uses the Esri ArcGIS Platform, Systematic Sitaware Command and Control systems with Motorola radios and Radio network components to keep its young people safe when training in diverse outdoor environments.
Whakatane: State of Emergency Flooding Incident April 6 2017
When floodwaters breached the banks of the Rangitaiki River , a mapping portal was created in a collaboration between the GECC and the EOC in Whakatane involving GIS staff from WDC, BoPRC, Tauranga City Council, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, New Zealand Urban Search and Rescue and external GIS consultants. Web mapping applications were quickly configured for incident intelligence, welfare assessment, building assessments and transportation updates.
In this emergency situation geospatial tools used in conjunction with 3D data enabled the Wellington City Council to evaluate what was happening in the city and to analyse, communicate and act across its Emergency Operations Centre.
Downer had a need for GIS tools across its businesses to create greater efficiencies in its operations. By signing a special licensing agreement with Eagle Technology Downer gained access to the full range of GIS tools to systematically apply and adapt over its diverse range of businesses.
Using ArcGIS Collector and iPads, Biosecurity officers and GIS staff at Northland Regional Council have stepped up efforts to control the spread of Mediterranean fanworm on the hulls of boats and equipment.
The need for accurate landcover information is a vital component of the TBfree programme. ENVI's remotely sensed data assists in the effective monitoring of possum-spread disease.
MDC’s ERBA (Emergency Response Building Application) empowers field crews and command centres to pinpoint areas of injury / damage and assign resources accordingly.
Using ArcGIS technology, Eagle Technology helped to build a Situation Awareness Tool, or SAT, that allow operators to see graphs, heat-maps and geographic displays to create generation dispatch schedules, moving electricity seamlessly and a the lowest possible cost.
GIS and Eagle Help Preserve NZ’s Archaeological Heritage
Abstract Preserving our archaeological heritage is a matter of national importance. But in order to protect that heritage, archaeologists, local councils, the NZ Historic Place Trust and other stakeholders need to know where archaeological sites are located, their extent and condition, potential threats and ownership.
First responders need to know which buildings have been damaged, which buildings contain hazardous substances or critical infrastructure, the status of water and wastewater services, which roads are open, where shelter, water and toilet facilities are located and a host of other questions that need answers. In Canterbury, in the aftermath of the 7.1 magnitude earthquake on 4th September 2010, GIS (geographic information system) provided the answers.
