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“Dog Walker” Behaviour Profile

By Michael Coyle Posted on 26/01/2018 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with management, map, rescue, SAR
“Dog Walker” Behaviour Profile

Musing on managing a recent multi day search for a missing dog walker, and a lost person behaviour profile for Dog Walkers

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Knee Knacker course map leaves out grid lines

By Michael Coyle Posted on 11/07/2013 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts No Comments Tagged with GPS, grid, map
Knee Knacker course map leaves out grid lines

The new map created by the District of North Van for the Knee Knacker race has some serious flaws that limit its usefulness for navigation.

BC TRIM Maps are just PDF

By Michael Coyle Posted on 20/06/2013 Posted in Blog Entry 5 Comments Tagged with data, map, smart phone
BC TRIM Maps are just PDF
Detail of map 092G036. You can't see the labels on the grid lines, so useless for navigation.

There’s a lot of misinformation about the newly downloadable BC TRIM maps in PDF formats. They are not “apps” and they are not a replacement for paper maps.

Avalanche Bulletins on a Map

By Michael Coyle Posted on 18/03/2013 Posted in Blog Entry 3 Comments Tagged with avalanche, map, project, safety, technical
Avalanche Bulletins on a Map

I put together a proof of concept to put the Canadian Avalanche Centre’s Avalanche Bulletins on an interactive, full screen Google Map.

Mapping SAR Teams

By Michael Coyle Posted on 13/03/2013 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with map, project, SAR
Mapping SAR Teams

I prototyped a map for the BC Search and Rescue association and I’m expanding the project to include any Search and Rescue Team.

Locating lost people using smart phones

By Michael Coyle Posted on 05/03/2013 Posted in Blog Entry 8 Comments Tagged with emergency, GPS, map, project, rescue, smart phone, SMS, technology, YourLo.ca/tion
Locating lost people using smart phones

People don’t know how to make their smart phone show their location, so I created a service that lets SAR track a person’s location via their smart phone.

Map of SAR Incidents in BC 2011

By Michael Coyle Posted on 25/01/2012 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with Incidents, InfoSAR, map, numbers, SAR
Map of SAR Incidents in BC 2011
Map of BC SAR Teams and Incidents from 2011 /2012

A map plotting the location of all of the SAR incidents in BC for 2011 and 2012, including the location of each team in BC.

Older Map of Pitt Lake

By Michael Coyle Posted on 05/01/2012 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with map

We came across this map of Pitt Lake in the SAR Archives the other day. Interesting for the place names that aren’t on more modern maps. Funny how the mountains look like cones.

Google moves to Crowdsourcing

By Michael Coyle Posted on 24/10/2011 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with current events, GIS, Google, map, OpenStreetMap, OSM, tech

Google Map Maker is opened to Canada, and Google becomes a crowdsourced map.

SAR and Crowdsourced Maps

By Michael Coyle Posted on 24/10/2011 Posted in Blog Entry 2 Comments Tagged with management, map, mapping, OpenStreetMap, OSM, rescue, SAR, tech, urban, urban interface
SAR and Crowdsourced Maps

When you’e using OpenStreetMap, you’re using Crowdsourced data; in my experience, very accurate for urban searches.

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