Toughbook
SpillView Edition
SpillView Site
SpillView Slick
Oil spill – SpillView
The SpillView module is a perfect example of Farseek technology specialization in response to
specific needs.
New theme options have been added to the generic version, allowing for the capture of specialized
information during oil spill reconnaissance patrols. After the flight, officers are able to share
information quickly and efficiently, thereby improving the decision making process. The use of an
electronic map to capture information provides the following benefits:
- Professional presentations of captured data.
- Standardized data collection; all members of the organization use the same data capture technique.
- Pooling of information from different sources, to give a clear view of the situation.
- Operation status and work progress reports printed in universal formats (PDF and HTML).
- Transfer of information between existing GIS and VOS systems thanks to common exchange formats.
Spills:
Positions the incident’s origin and the oil-covered regions. User-friendly interface allows
all the relevant spill-related information to be entered.
Sensitive elements:
Indicates sensitive elements observed during reconnaissance flights. Sensitive elements are
usually plants and animals that may be vulnerable to the impacts of the spill.
Planning:
Used during operations planning to indicate the position of intervention teams deployed
during environmental response actions.
Reference:
Various tools allow references to be added to maps, including ship routes, exclusion regions
and research patterns.
Coastline:
Indicates the level of coastline contamination by means of color codes. Can also be used to
trace access routes observed during aerial patrols.
Predicting oil movement
In Canada, SpillView is able to connect to an oceanographic forecast model to predict the
trajectory of an oil spill. SpillView sends all information on the oil spill to a modeling
server located at the Maurice Lamontagne Institute, and after analysis receives the anticipated
trajectory of the spill based on current weather conditions.
If the client already has an oceanographic modelling system, the development environment
supplied with the VOS technology allows SpillView to be adjusted accordingly.