When Dennis Conklin, AI8P, AEC for Summit County ARES in Ohio, was tasked with coordinating situational awareness for the American Diabetes Association’s “Tour de Cure” this summer, he wanted to go beyond the paper and pencil methods he had used in the past. He turned to Depiction mapping and simulation software to get the job done.

Dennis told us that “in past years, I never felt I had the level of situational awareness I desired. This year, with everything mapped in Depiction, I was much more aware of exactly what was going on and what the implications were.” He’ll have more to say, too–tomorrow, Dennis will present the webinar “Depiction and Public Service Events” at 7 PM EDT/4 PM PDT.

In the webinar, Conklin will share how he used Depiction to quickly combine spreadsheets of stations, rest stops and shelters with street maps, topo maps and aerial imagery, and how he took his “depiction” into the field where it enabled him to keep track of events as they happened—visually, and without Internet access. We hope you can make it!