GPS

Explore how GIS keeps wildfire response moving from risk modeling and crew coordination to long-term recovery. See how wildfire data becomes actionable across the full lifecycle, and why usability in the field is just as critical as analysis at command.

GPS tracking enhances field data collection by capturing detailed movement, location, and environmental context, which improves data quality and decision-making. Explore the fundamentals of GPS logging in fieldwork and how Fulcrum’s mobile platform leverages this technology for flexible, real-time data capture.

Fulcrum records location data with each parent record, child record, and media attachment, ensuring high location accuracy. The collected data relies on the configured location provider in your mobile device’s operating system. Typically, this provider is the onboard GPS sensor, which sometimes works in conjunction with other sensors and radios in the device.