Using GIS Tools to assess the Vulnerability of the Internet

Implementation and Maintenance of a Risk Based Dynamic Oil Spill Response Regime with an Internet and GIS Interface for the Norwegian Shelf

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-2003-1-491 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 2003 (1) ◽

pp. 491-496 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jon Rødal ◽

Frode Engen ◽

Kåre L. Jørgensen ◽

Geir M. Skeie

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Geographical Information System ◽

Oil Spill ◽

Central Element ◽

Geographical Information ◽

Planning System ◽

Contingency Planning ◽

The Internet ◽

Gis Tools ◽

Oil Spill Response

ABSTRACT In 2001, the Norwegian Clean Seas Association For Operating Companies (NOFO) completed a three year R&D-program for development of a dynamic, risk based oil spill response regime for the entire Norwegian continental shelf, including coastal areas and the shoreline. A central element of the new regime is an oil spill contingency planning system, where all relevant information are made fully available on the Internet. The web based Oil Spill Contingency Planning System (OSCPS) has proved to be an important and useful result of the project, and the responses from authorities as well as stakeholders have been positive. The system contains guidelines and standards that have been adopted by the industry, resulting in standardized and comparable site specific analyses. In addition to the information available on the Internet, a suite of Geographical Information System (GIS) tools have been developed and made available for all NOFO member companies. These tools have proved useful in analyses, training and desktop exercises. This paper provides an overview and highlights of our new OSCPS and Geographical Information System (GIS) tools, presenting examples of use and lessons learned. The paper also presents the responses from authorities and stakeholders to this open and transparent approach.

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SENSITIVE AREAS PLANNING FOR INLAND SOUTH FLORIDA: WEB AND GIS TOOLS

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-2001-2-789 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 2001 (2) ◽

pp. 789-796

Author(s):

Scott Zengel ◽

Miles O. Hayes ◽

Jacqueline Michel ◽

Anna Robertson ◽

Leo Francendese ◽

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Keyword(s):

Environmental Protection Agency ◽

South Florida ◽

The Internet ◽

Compact Disk ◽

Protection Agency ◽

Web Based ◽

Sensitive Areas ◽

Digital Format ◽

Gis Tools ◽

Future Plans

ABSTRACT A sensitive areas plan has been developed for inland South Florida, a region with considerable natural resources at risk and significant oil production, storage, and transport. The plan consists of several Web-based tools and a sensitive-areas geographic information system (GIS). Each component of the plan is briefly described below, and several examples are provided. The Web and GIS tools currently are under review by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region IV and other project participants. Future plans include distributing the plan on compact disk (CD) and over the Internet. The digital format of the sensitive areas plan, and its future availability on CD and the Internet, should enhance the distribution and use of the information by spill planners and responders, making it easier to transport, access, and update. The sensitive areas plan for inland South Florida should serve as a useful model for developing inland plans in EPA Region IV and elsewhere, and should assist spill planning and response efforts in sensitive inland environments in South Florida and elsewhere.

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Displacement and Reinforcement Effects of the Internet and Other Media as Sources of Advertising Information

Journal of Advertising Research ◽

10.1017/s0021849904040073 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 126-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

JAMES C. TSAO ◽

STANLEY D. SIBLEY

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Advertising Information

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A hitchhiker’s guide to microscopy and microanalysis using telecommunications, e-mail, and the Internet

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100169687 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 390-391 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nestor J. Zaluzec

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Information Superhighway ◽

The World ◽

Exchange Information ◽

On Line ◽

Computer Based ◽

Software And Hardware ◽

Communication Software ◽

Basic Ideas ◽

E Mail

The Information SuperHighway, Email, The Internet, FTP, BBS, Modems, : all buzz words which are becoming more and more routine in our daily life. Confusing terminology? Hopefully it won't be in a few minutes, all you need is to have a handle on a few basic concepts and terms and you will be on-line with the rest of the "telecommunication experts". These terms all refer to some type or aspect of tools associated with a range of computer-based communication software and hardware. They are in fact far less complex than the instruments we use on a day to day basis as microscopist's and microanalyst's. The key is for each of us to know what each is and how to make use of the wealth of information which they can make available to us for the asking. Basically all of these items relate to mechanisms and protocols by which we as scientists can easily exchange information rapidly and efficiently to colleagues in the office down the hall, or half-way around the world using computers and various communications media. The purpose of this tutorial/paper is to outline and demonstrate the basic ideas of some of the major information systems available to all of us today. For the sake of simplicity we will break this presentation down into two distinct (but as we shall see later connected) areas: telecommunications over conventional phone lines, and telecommunications by computer networks. Live tutorial/demonstrations of both procedures will be presented in the Computer Workshop/Software Exchange during the course of the meeting.

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