Insurers use marine GIS to mitigate risk

2010-11-04T16:19:00

This scenario shows an oil spill of 2.500 tons from a cruise ship over the course of 120 hours. A full interactive version of the model including further information and source information is available at www.wwfrsapartners.com.

In an exercise undertaken with the World Wildlife Fund, insurer RSA has used the latest Geographic Information Systems to show how technology could help predict the spread of an oil spill – helping both the marine industry and environmentalists predict, and minimise, the damage a spill could cause.

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