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The Louisiana Coordinate
Reference/Grid Systems: Emergency Response
workshop (LCRGS) sponsored by Louisiana
GIS Council, Louisiana Department
of Transportation and Development, Louisiana Department of
Environmental
Quality and USGS/Louisiana National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Partnership Office will provide a forum and opportunity for
awareness,
understanding, and contribution of available federal and state
coordinate
reference/grid systems for emergency response events in Louisiana.
As a result of lessons learned, loss of human
lives and various types of
damages, of the historic impact of Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita in
Louisiana in August/September of 2005, demonstrated a need
for quick and
easily conversant coordinate reference/grid system for search
&
rescue/1st responders. The 1 day LCRGS workshop will offer
awareness to
emergency responders in Louisiana through presentations and
panel
discussions from federal and state agencies of the availability
of several
coordinate reference/grid systems in support of emergency
response events
and other coordinate reference/grid systems applications in
Louisiana.
The workshop will also have presentations
on status of map
projection/datum and map revision, demonstration exercises
and
displays/exhibits. There is no registration fee required for
the workshop
but registration for the workshop is necessary to coordinate
support
requirements for the workshop.
April 17, 2007
DOTD Building 1201 Capitol Access Rd
Baton Rouge, LA 70802-4438
Supportive website: Louisiana
GIS Council
    
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