April 24, 2014--The week of April 14, OR&R's Kari Sheets and George Graettinger taught introductory and advanced GIS classes at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.

About 20 Academy cadets learned about the use of Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®) to visualize geographic response plans for Coast Guard response activities. The Academy is using ERMA to teach the fundamentals of situational awareness and the use of a common operational picture (COP) tools for response. The students are using ERMA for course project assignments and one cadet will be interning with Coast Guard Sector New York for development and display of project plans this summer.
This training is of mutual benefit to the Coast Guard and NOAA as ERMA is one of the primary COP tools that these students will eventually use in their careers.

For further information, contact George.Graettinger@noaa.gov.

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