Is technology developing faster than it can be effectively used and managed in oil spill planning and response?Satellite communications,global positioning systems(GPS),geographical information systems(GIS),and advanced spill management computer software,to name a few technologies,are currently available to the response community- and more is on the way.This paper will discuss some successes and pitfalls of new technology implementation in emergency management teams.Questions regarding how technology is selected,tested,and implemented will be raised from the perspective of a purchaser or implementer rather than that of a technology developer or provider.Discussion will also include the practical experiences of a spill management team in its attempts to use some of the latest technologies.Finally,suggestions that may lead to more practical and effective selection and use of new technologies are presented.
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