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Experts and web conferences
Meet Bevan from the Mountain Safety Council
Meet Karl from Toitū te Whenua, Land Information New Zealand
Web conference 1
Questions from schools about getting outdoors safely, answered by Bevan from New Zealand Mountain Safety Council and Karl from Toitu te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ):
- When you create a map how do you know things are in the right place? Vocab: Ortho-rectified aerial image.
- What are the different types of maps, and how would each one help?
- How do you use a compass in the right way? Vocab: Bearing. Note: Map north is different from magnetic (compass) north.
- How do you transfer your compass bearings onto a map?
- What is the difference between a digital map and a paper map? Vocab: Cartographic representation.
- What are some safety precautions to take with you if you are going on a trip out bush? Other: Hydration? Leaving intentions
- Apart from food, medicine and water, what would be the three most and crucial pieces of equipment to take into the outdoors? Note: Appropriate footwear - tramping boots.
- What do you think about GPS and how useful is it when performing a search and rescue mission?
- Is an EPerb necessary? Vocab: PLB - Personal Locator Beacon.
- What's the best best of advice you can give to a young adult who is keen on tramping and exploring the outdoors?
- Has GPS made people forget about paper maps? If so, what can you do about that?
Related links:
Get Outdoors Week - https://www.getoutdoorsweek.co.nz/
Outdoor Training - https://www.outdoortraining.nz/
Mountain Safety videos - https://www.mountainsafety.org.nz/videos/
Topo maps - https://www.topomap.co.nz/
Web conference 2
Questions from schools about getting outdoors safely, answered by Sam from the Rescue Coordination Centre and Karl from Toitu te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ):
- What is the success rate for rescues?
- What technology do you use when there is a power cut, or no nearby electrical source?
- Is your equipment waterproof, what else proof?
- What equipment do you use? Vocab: Ortho-rectified aerial images
- Do you ever save animals, do you need to use different technology for animal rescues?
- How many rescues in a year do you make?
- What are shifts like as a rescuer?
- What was your worst incident and how did you know how to get there if it was a new and strange environment?
- What technology could you use to save someone in mid-air?
- What tech issues have you had and what did you do to overcome these?
- What is your favourite rescue story?
- What do you do when you end up getting in trouble?
- Do you get a longer break after a rescue?
- What happens when people don’t know who you are?
- Whats your favourite type of rescue?
- When was your last rescue?
- What’s your most technical rescue completed?
- When did you start rescuing?
- What other countries do you work with?
- How Many Questions Do you get on average per day?
- When you rescue people on land, what has been their most common problem or mistake? Are they always lost?
- What happens if you get in trouble during a mission?
- How many people do you work with?
- What training do you need to be a rescuer?
- What was your last mission?
- How many people usually come to a rescue?
- What was your first ever rescue like?
- How long do rescues normally take?
Web conference 3
Questions from schools about getting outdoors safely, answered by Karl from Toitu te Whenua - Land Information New Zealand (LINZ):
- What is the difference between GPS and GIS?
- How can the weather affect the RCCNZ’s searches?
- Do search and rescue use a GPS or some sort of tracking device just in case you get lost?
- How do you train search and rescue dogs and what is the best breed for search and rescue?
- How long does it take for a rescue dog to find someone?
- What is your best search and rescue story?
- How much time difference between a rescue mission and a recovery mission and do digital maps help reduce this?
- Can you explain why maps are important in a search and rescue mission?
- What was the free software that Karl mentioned earlier, that anyone can download and use to make their own maps? Spell it please. Notes: QGIS. Google Maps is also free. Schools can also use ArcGIS for free.
Web conference 4
Questions from schools about getting outdoors safely, answered by Karl from Toitu te Whenua - Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and Bevan from New Zealand Mountain Safety Council.
- What has been your favourite experience in the outdoors?
- Do people still use paper maps in the outdoors? Why?
- How has digital location technology helped us in the outdoors?
- Have you ever had a potentially tricky experience in the outdoors - what equipment or knowledge were you glad you had?
- If I am a young person wanting to get started in the outdoors, what would you advise?
- If I don't have much money, what outdoor gear do you recommend I should get first - my guess is a good raincoat
- How does Aotearoa's location in the world as a mid-latitide island make us need to think differently in the outdoors compared to other places (e.g. continents like North America, Europe, Australia)?
- What are some of your favourite websites or apps to help us in the outdoors e.g. places to go, what gear to take, how to keep safe?
Related links:
LEARNZ Get Outdoors - https://www.learnz.org.nz/getoutdoors204
Plan My Walk - https://planmywalk.nz/
LINZ data service - https://data.linz.govt.nz/
