METHOD, SYSTEM, AND MACHINE TO TRACK AND ANTICIPATE THE MOVEMENT OF FLUID SPILLS WHEN MOVING WITH WATER FLOW

摘要

The present invention relates to systems, methods, and machines for tracking a fluid spill. The method includes obtaining real-time location data for a number of tracking devices from a positioning satellite data repository, integrating the location data of each of the tracking devices into a comprehensive spatial data repository, determining a deployment location for each of the tracking devices, identifying, responsive to the deployment locations, a fluid-spill subset of the tracking devices that were deployed in the fluid spill, averaging the geographic locations of the fluid-spill subset to determine a fluid spill location with accurate trajectory vectors, and generating a geographic map depicting the fluid spill location. A new sensor-driven paradigm is used that combines practical data gathering methods with advanced enterprise information technologies. The sensor-driven paradigm provides advanced, real-time situational awareness to emergency responders and executive stakeholders working from remote locations during a marine oil spill or chemical fluid release.