Data from the field comes in many forms. Direct intel from people who have returned from the field and convey what they have observed, GPS tracks that can be downloaded, and location-enabled devices or GIS users in the field with devices capable of capturing information and transferring it back to command and control elements.

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Crawl Using GIS Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), incident mapping is created in paper form and users returning from the field communicate with Incident Staff what is happening and the information is digitized and updated in the next publication of the Incident Briefing Map.	Walk The next step in the evolution of this information management is to incorporate data into the GIS and mapping that has been captured by GPS in the field. Instead of field users marking up maps for digitization, they often return with GPS data that is downloaded by Incident Staff and incorporated directly into the incident GIS for evaluation.	Run A mature implementation of this functionality provides web services and mobile web mapping that allows Public Safety personnel modify and correct features in the field, from a field/mobile app. These mobile corrections are written directly into the source geodatabase and flagged as field edits. The GIS Specialists at the incident can mark these updates as approved and the data is transferred to the master dataset itself. This is a completely paperless process.
Example: Incident Mapping	Example: Search Field Collection at ArcGIS Online	Example: Search Field Collection at ArcGIS Online

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