However, easy-to-use tools while important, are not the only reasons for the popularity of crisis mapping. This âconsumerizationâ of technology is now enabling mapping to shift from an EOC support function to a skill of the modern emergency manager.
In 1902, the first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented by Willis Carrier in Buffalo, New York. After graduating from Cornell University, Carrier found a job at the Buffalo Forge Company.
Georges Claude (24 September 1870 â 23 May 1960) was a French engineer and inventor. He is noted for his early work on the industrial liquefaction of air, for the invention and commercialization of neon lighting, and for a large experiment on generating energy by pumping cold seawater up from the depths.