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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill 24 hour trajectory map NOAA
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Deepwater Horizon 24Hr Trajectory Map 2010-05-05-1300 The 24 hour trajectory forecast prepared on May 5 at 1:00pm. Source: deepwaterhorizon.noaa.gov/. For loads of GIS and mapping data resources and links see this updated feature www.gisuser.com/content/view/20368/28/
Uploaded by GISuser.com GIS and Social, Mobile Tech Images on 5 May 10, 6.48PM PDT.
Via Geogratis Canada, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) announces the 6th release of CanVec, including:
CanVec 6th release is available in a new distribution format called FGDB (File Geodatabase). This format is provided to support the use of topographic data for large areas such as a province, a territory or the entire country. See CanVec For more information see also the CanVec Release Notes.
Reminder, The Canadian Geomatics Conference 2010 will be held June 15-18 in Calgary, Alberta. See http://www.geoconf.ca/
Although a California-based organization, the Oiled Wildlife Care Network is currently advising officials on scene in Louisiana and has deployed the director, Dr. Mike Ziccardi, to assist with the wildlife response activities. Volunteers are now being recruited on a state-by-state basis and updated on the Deepwater Horizon Facebook page (open to the public). BP is also coordinating and deploying thousands of volunteers who are offering their help. If you would like to obtain volunteer information, please call 1-866-448-5816. Two ways to track the event are to visit the deepwater Horizon site and the OWCN blog, To report an oiled animal, please call 1-800-557-1401 and leave a message. Messages will be checked hourly.
To access the main OWCN site see http://www.owcn.org/
See also http://www.facebook.com/DeepwaterHorizonResponse
