Geographic Studio

During an emergency situation, whether it is a natural or man-made disaster, features of the landscape change at lightning speed, at any time and often in ways that are impossible to predict.  Responding effectively to a disaster requires information about the situation to flow seamlessly and quickly between field operatives & control centres.

Geographic Studio is a sophisticated application developed specifically for managing and analysing emergency situations. Whether you are in a helicopter charting the active edge of a fire line or on the ground in the line of fire Geographic Studio provides up to date maps at your fingertips. Field operatives can pan, interact and attach information without a complex GIS system and without requiring a network.

With Geographic Studio, emergency response crews can:

• Record active and dead edge of fires using a GPS direct onto the map
• Create interactive elevation profiles of a designated route from a truck, helicopter, in fact just about anywhere
• Full searching capabilities by State, type of place, name or text or geographic area
• Calculate areas designated to find the nearest lake for water, or the nearest airports and display this data in multiple area formats
• Highlight shaded relief
• Upload/download GPS points, routes and tracks by synchronizing a palm or pocket pc (PDA) with the desktop PC
• Attach crucial fire symbols (routes, icons, notes, weblinks & photos) including: Spot fires, Waterpoint helicopter, Airbase, Base camp, Staging area/assembly area, Escape route, Historic site, Threatened property, Ambulance location, Waterpoint vehicle, Helipad, Sector command, Divisional command, Control center

The combination of cost effective, automated, highly configurable functionality with seamless Nation-wide Geoscience Australia topographical maps provides an advanced technology tool to the armoury of those who have to save lives, property and wildlife.