On November 12th through the 15th the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation brought together more than 60 of the Nation’s Search and Rescue leaders and GIS professionals for the 7th annual Search and Rescue GIS Workshop.
The workshop was a great success for all participants and for the SAR community nationwide. The workshop featured 1.5 days of hands-on training, field exercises, training on US National Grid (USNG) for SAR, keynote addresses, and actionable discussion forums. The workshop resulted in a series of recommendations that inform the development of a National Strategy for the Use of GIS in SAR.
Provided below is a copy of the Summit Agenda linked with the materials from nearly all sessions and keynote addresses. Please feel free to use this material as a reference and tool in your efforts. Be sure to provide proper attribution to the individual content author when referencing the materials provided below in your writing, presentations, and other related material.
Day 1: November 12 – Materials
- Welcome & Overview of Day 1 Training
- Training: Getting Started with IGT4SAR and ArcGIS Desktop
- See additional materials linked on the Agenda above
Day 2: November 13 – Materials
- Training: Using US National Grid
- Plenary: What is SAR? What is GIS?
- Challenges in National Parks – How Can Maps Help?
- See additional materials linked on the Agenda above
Day 3: November 14 – Materials
- Using Cell Phone Data
- Web Mapping Applications for SAR
- Incident Symbology and Standards
- Part A: Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) with David Kovar
- Part B: Unmanned Aerial Systems with Chris Cruz
- Critical Spatial Thinking with Don Ferguson
- Base Data for SAR
- SAR GIS Resource Typing with David Hansen
- Overview on USNG with Coleman Brown
- Map Products: Introduction to MapSAR Online
- Mapping Technology Overview