ABOUT US

Map the Spill is a mobile app and website built by Trimble for the public to record the impacts of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Map the Spill allows the public to use their mobile phone to record field notes, take photos and video, and mark locations on a map. This mobile app is also designed to collect data even in land areas without cell coverage or while boating in the Gulf. All reports are shared with the public at mapthespill.org. The data can be freely used and exported by any person or organization (Learn more), including response teams, government agencies, scientists, health officials, and environmental groups.

JOIN THE CAUSE

The impacts of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is expected to ripple on for months, if not, years. There will never be enough professional people in the field to cover the vast territory of the spill. Map the Spill empowers the general public to report meaningful, science-driven information like never before. You can help by reporting oiled shorelines, stressed or dead wildlife, and other spill-related information. Consider walking a section of beach on a regular basis. Join a response team. Ask friends and neighbors to join the efforts. Map the Spill is free to download on iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android-compatible mobile phones. Search for "Map the Spill" in the Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World, or in the Android Marketplace.

JOIN THE ALLIANCE

Help spread the word. Our mobile apps and website can link the efforts of thousands of volunteers and Gulf locals, and provide vital information to data-hungry organizations. For more details on how your organization or group can help or get involved, contact Kris Wagner at info@mapthespill.org.

TRIMBLE RESPONDS

For over 30 years Trimble has provided charitable assistance to government agencies and communities around the world to enable them to respond to natural disasters and accidents. Trimble’s support for response teams has included California’s Oakland Hills Fires in 1991; the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003; the Asian Tsunami in 2004; Japan’s Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake in 2004; Hurricane Katrina in 2005; Australia’s Victoria Bush Fires in 2009; China’s Sichuan Province Earthquake in 2008; and the Haiti and Chile Earthquakes in 2010. Map the Spill is the company’s effort to empower Gulf Coast residents to use mobile phones to quickly report on the ongoing impacts of the Gulf oil spill. Reports are shared at mapthespill.org.

ABOUT TRIMBLE

Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring position or location—including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. In addition to utilizing positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optics, Trimble solutions may include software content specific to the needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilized to deliver the solution to the user and to ensure a tight coupling of the field and the back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.

For more information, visit: www.trimble.com