Have you ever wanted to know how you could stand up a common operational picture for your organization – or wanted to understand how others have been able to do it?  If so – the public safety team at ESRI would like invite you to attend informational and FREE Live Training Seminar focused on answering those questions for you.  This don’t miss event will be held:

Thursday, September 24, 2009
9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., & 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time (US & Canada)
12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., & 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada)
4:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., & 10:00 p.m. UTC/GMT

As we know, the objective of a common operational picture (COP) is to provide intended users with situational awareness. Situational awareness is being aware of what is happening around you to understand how information, events, and actions will impact your goals and objectives both now and in the near future. This is especially important where information flows are high and poor decisions may lead to serious consequences. In this seminar, the presenter will use the emergency management mission as an example to explain how GIS can be deployed to create and sustain comprehensive situational awareness. The presenter will discuss requirements, capabilities, and user considerations for enabling a GIS-enabled common operational picture.

Key points

The presenter will discuss:
  • What is a common operational picture (COP)
  • How a GIS-powered COP creates comprehensive situational awareness
  • COP requirements, including data management, planning analysis, situational awareness, and field operations support

Intended audience

This seminar is designed for professionals and GIS analysts in the following industries: public safety, law enforcement, homeland security, emergency, wildfire, and disaster management, as well as asset- intensive industries such as utilities, energy, government, transportation, and telecommunications.We hope to see you there. 

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