NOAA partners with the U.S. Coast Guard
The ability of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) to join with our Coast Guard partners takes all kinds of forms. OR&R's air trajectory modeler and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) support transition coordinator is collecting photos of "damaged" vessels (ones that are pushed against the tree line, sunken, or on a dock) with a special camera. This camera, with its own GPS unit, marks the exact location of the photo when it is taken. When the photos are downloaded into the computer they can be displayed with their location marked on a detailed aerial map.
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