With so many clean up efforts are underway in the Gulf of Mexico, there's no way that popular media can provide a summary meaningful enough to provide solid information for those who just want to know what the accretion of the many large and small efforts amount to. But thanks to Florida's Virtual USA-like application called GATOR, recovery efforts are tracked and updated with a scaleable map covering the extent of the spill and text boxes of the status of each effort on and off shore. Best yet, this information is available to everyone. Talk about transparency!
The information, based on the concept of Virtual USA (vUSA) is updated on the fly from the Gulf. With the possibility of a tropical turning north over the next several days (and more likely in the coming months) and heading for the Gulf states, this updated information will become even more critical for emergency managers and recovery workers. The vUSA platform, a White House/DHS priority) is being used in other states, like Virginia's VIPER and Virtual Alabama, and is being tested in several other states.
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The information, based on the concept of Virtual USA (vUSA) is updated on the fly from the Gulf. With the possibility of a tropical turning north over the next several days (and more likely in the coming months) and heading for the Gulf states, this updated information will become even more critical for emergency managers and recovery workers. The vUSA platform, a White House/DHS priority) is being used in other states, like Virginia's VIPER and Virtual Alabama, and is being tested in several other states.
