Geographic Information Systems Insights
GeoComm Welcomes New Chief Product and Technology Officer
GeoComm, a trusted leader in GIS-based indoor and outdoor map data management solutions, is proud to announce the appointment of Daniel Stonecipher as its new Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO) and key member of the executive leadership team.
ZeroEyes and GeoComm Partner to Enhance Iowa School Safety with Advanced AI Gun Detection and Intelligent Mapping
ZeroEyes, the creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security Safety Act Designation, and GeoComm, the provider of locally authoritative indoor and outdoor Geographic Information Systems (GIS), today announced a technology integration partnership to enhance emergency response and school safety. This collaboration merges ZeroEyes' AI gun detection and situational awareness software with GeoComm's comprehensive indoor mapping solutions to provide real-time, actionable intelligence to any Iowa K-12 schools.
Unlocking the Power of Map Data Manager: Enhancing School Safety & Indoor Safety
An indoor map delivers the next level of precise location information via a highly organized visualization of all the essential elements in a building. Bringing your building to life with a detailed map and into the hands of those who need it is a critical first step to unlocking seamless navigation and enhanced accessibility!
National 911 Award Presented to Kansas City Area Teens
Johnson County Emergency Management & Communications joins the Mid-America Regional Council and GeoComm in congratulating the winners of the NG911 Institute’s Citizen in Action award.
RapidDeploy Announces Lightning Partner Program to Create End-to-End Cloud Safety Ecosystem
RapidDeploy, the leader in Cloud Aided Dispatch software for emergency communications centers, announces the launch of its Lightning Partner Program. The Program creates an integrated end-to-end ecosystem of visionary technology partners who believe in democratizing public safety utilizing cloud native technology. The solutions, integrated across Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud, will provide a comprehensive platform for public safety agencies.
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work Article
Our Teamwork makes the Dream Work article sets a baseline for understanding the importance of GIS in NG9-1-1 and outlines why collaboration between GIS and Public Safety staff is critical.
Innovation Spotlight ~ Smarter Security Provided Through Indoor Maps and Sensor Feeds
In 2017, GeoComm worked with U.S. Bank Stadium and the Minneapolis Police Department to deploy and innovative new software to be used in the ESPN XGames that provided real-time information and sensor feeds into a Common Operating Picture (COP) built around 3D and indoor maps. The system was again used in 2017 during the Twin...
Linn County, Oregon
In 2016 Linn County, Oregon began the process of upgrading their Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system. After being in a tabular CAD world for 28 years, the new CAD system was now map-centric, and reliant on the GIS data. This made it challenging to understand the impact GIS data would have as they moved into this new system. Not long after go-live in April 2017, it became evident that the address exceptions and accommodations built into the previous tabular CAD did not necessarily exist in the GIS date now in place, and this was causing some challenges. Linn County decided the quality of their GIS data needed to be assessed to identify and correct the issues they were seeing, and improve the GIS data in use in their new CAD system.
State of Iowa
This winter marks four years since the State of Iowa and GeoComm began working together to assess, improve, and maintain GIS data throughout the state in preparation for Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1).
Vertical and Indoor 9-1-1 Location Mapping
Today more and more people rely on mobile phones as their primary phone service and are disconnecting wireline service altogether. As a result, more 9-1-1 calls are being placed from mobile phones than ever before, including from inside buildings where E9-1-1 mobile phone location technology does not work very well. Thanks to new FCC rules on this topic, wireless carriers and major industry technology players are now working to quickly address this issue.
