As the dust settled after the tragedies, the Department of Water’s GIS Division began preparations for a solution that would serve all city agencies when planning large-scale events or opening the emergency operations center.
The City has a very innovative GIS team with a strong desire to ensure that GIS aligns with City Council’s overall vision and goals. Additionally, they are driven to become a center of geospatial excellence in the region.
Parks and Recreation staff were excited to take paperwork orders off the table and replace the system with innovative technology. It not only increased efficiencies, but it also saved their department time and money and increased the accuracy of collected data.
The Cities of Broken Arrow and Moore both maintain the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for their area, and as a result, face similar challenges. One of those is ensuring that they are Next Generation 911 (NG911) compliant and also that they are using the optimal GIS tools for their agency.
The City of Broken Arrow faces the same problem that every other city in the United States faces. That is, they have to make sense of the deluge of GIS/mapping applications available to them for public safety.
In September 2015, the City of Saint John requested support for the creation and implementation of GIS software for Public Safety. They were looking for a way to map their information from their Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) Record-Management System (RMS).
In 2017, Berkeley with assistance from GTG developed and implemented a GIS Strategic Plan. The following year, the City again engaged with GTG to develop a Mobile GIS Action Plan as a follow up to key findings in their GIS Strategic Plan.
The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Department at the City of Pearland, Texas has gained the attention of citizens and city officials as they utilize available software to maintain transparency on COVID-19 in their city and surrounding areas.
Beginning in 2019, CAL FIRE partnered with Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) for a "GIS Mapping Refresh" — an ambitious project that set out to improve the quality of CAL FIRE'S critical GIS data with the ultimate goal of enhancing emergency response and public safety.
As Hobart grew from a small town to bustling city, the Sanitary and Stormwater District realized the value of Smart City technology to maintain operations and quality of life for their community and its residents.
