16 — Sunday, March 17, 1991 - North Shore News

BUSINESS

Mapping system assists emergency Services

COME THE next catastrophe,
crews will be able to respond more effectively with the help

of a computer emergency mapping system.

The system was developed for
focal emergency services by RCS
CADD Services Inc.

Said RCS CADD owner Ron
Snelgrove, *‘They had some really
old maps. We took them, scanned
them and made them graphically
correct to show the way the land
is now.”

The company then took other
maps bearing UTM (Universal
Transfer Mercator) coordinates
and added that information to the
mapping system.

The UTM coordinates allow a
grid for exact coordinates of loca-
tions. Other information added
includes B.C. Transit routing in-
formation, Statistics Canada pop-
ulation information, geographical
contours and fire hydrant loca-
tions.

**You could zoom right down
into an area and pick out houses
if you want to. They (such

Michael
Becker

HIGH TECH
systems) are unlimited for the

amount of information they can
put in foc specific areas,"’

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Snelgrove said.

The smart maps can even be set
up to calculate the best routes for
evacuation and response for any
given area on the North Shore.

Said Ross Peterson, coordinator
of the North and West Vancouver
Emergency Program, ‘*We needed
base maps for emergency planning
and response. Emergency Social

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Services need streets, population
information and the locations of
emergency reception centres. The
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