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Geospatial data helps oil disaster response
06 May 2010, 3:46pm
06 May 2010 - Federal and state officials have been sharing geospatial data to coordinate disaster response, a DHS official says
A Homeland Security Department program that allows emergency response officials from states and localities to more readily share geospatial data is helping officials coordinate their response to the BP oil spill, according to a DHS official.
State officials from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida have been using DHS' Virtual USA program to share data related to the oil spill, according to David Boyd, director of the Command, Control and Interoperability Division in the department's Science and Technology Directorate.
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