System and method for identifying, reporting, and evaluating presence of substance

A system for identifying and reporting a presence of a substance, the system comprising:

• a remote sensing unit including
• a position-determining location determination mechanism adapted to determine an actual geographic location of the remote sensing unit,
• a data collection mechanism for collecting data for identifying the substance,
• a first transmitter adapted to transmit the actual geographic location and the data collected by the data collection mechanism;
• and
• a control unit including
• a receiver adapted to receive the actual geographic location and the data transmitted by the remote sensing unit,
• a database that associates a plurality of geographic locations with respective local reporting authorities and respective local reporting policies, such that the actual geographic location of the remote sensing unit can be used to identify an appropriate local reporting authority and an appropriate local reporting policy, and
• a second transmitter adapted to transmit the actual geographic location and the data, and to notify the appropriate local reporting authorities in accordance with the appropriate local reporting policies.

A system for identifying and reporting a presence of a substance, the system comprising:

• a remote sensing unit including
• a position-determining location determination mechanism adapted to determine an actual geographic location of the remote sensing unit,
• a data collection mechanism for collecting data for identifying the substance,
• a transmitter adapted to transmit the actual geographic location and the data collected by the data collection mechanism;
• a control unit including
• a receiver adapted to receive the actual geographic location and the data transmitted by the remote sensing unit,
• a database that associates a plurality of geographic locations with respective local reporting authorities and respective local reporting policies, such that the actual geographic location of the remote sensing unit can be used to identify an appropriate local reporting authority and an appropriate local reporting policy, and
• a second transmitter adapted to transmit the actual geographic location and the data, and to notify the appropriate local reporting authorities in accordance with the appropriate local reporting policies;
• and
• one or more remote data processing and storage servers adapted to receive the actual geographic and the data transmitted by the control unit and to make the data available to authorized persons, including the appropriate local reporting authority, via a wide area network.