Monday, February 16. 2009

Delta State University Builds National Grid DC Atlas for Inauguration Support

Now that President Obama is safely at work running the country, all the details of what went into protecting him and the attendees are pouring out. One group involved was the Delta State University's Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Information Technologies. Talbot Brooks runs the Mississippi center and explained that the task for the Center this time was to solve the "locations with no addresses problem." They did that by building an 754-page atlas of DC using the U.S. National Grid. That way responders and safety officials could locate individuals of concern in the crowds of open space.

Among the other partners in the effort done under Dept of Defense oversight: United States Marine Corps, U.S. Geological Survey, Tele Atlas and TerraGo Technologies.

- Clarion Ledger

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Education at 07:18 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0) |

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As an alumnus (class of 1980) and a GIS user, I'm so proud of my alma mater! Congratulations to Dr. Brooks.

#1 Cindy Martin on 2009-02-17 11:38 (Reply)

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