Archive for June, 2008

Rescues Are Never Far Away

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

CHICAGO, UNITED STATES - Photos taken from my desk this morning as a builder is evacuated from the Trump Tower in Chicago with what looked like spinal injuries.

Evacuation From Trump Tower

Evacuation From Trump Tower

Evacuation From Trump Tower

More photos in the Heroes Flickr Set.

The Location Of A Rescue?

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

CHICAGO, UNITED STATES - A suggestion box submission came in from a Lifeboat crew member questioning how you define the location of a rescue. On land a search may be defined at the point of abandoned car, a landmark, mountain top or starting car park. A sea search is a moving entity, it can move during the search with currents, tides and winds.

It would be useful to know the area of that search, overlay multiple searches, and the centre of the plot.

A search at sea, like on an open piece of land, might be over a large area rather than around a single point. So how do we plot that search… A square? A circle? A set of lines? A custom drawn area?

-Robin.

Note: We will soon support the import of GPS tracklogs from an activity too.

Beta trial

Monday, June 16th, 2008

The beta trial has started. You can request an invite for your team.