Position Tracking in Voluntary Search and Rescue Operation
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Hanssen, Ø. (2015). Position Tracking in Voluntary Search and Rescue Operation. I Palen, L, Büscher, M., Comes, T, Hughes, A. [Eds.] 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. Kristiansand, Norway: University of Agder (UiA).Abstract
This paper describes how enthusiasts from the radio-amateur and red-cross communities developed and applied position tracking to search and rescue services in Norway. This was based on the APRS standard which has been used by radio-amateurs for some time.
The document describes how radio-amateurs designed a tracking device which was robust and simple to use along with a web-based online service, a map server, to display positions along with other geographical information on electronic maps. The software for the tracker and the map server is free and open source. This system has been used in a number of search and rescue missions in Norway since 2009, to support decisions making in the command and control centre.
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