Are You Missing a Tool in Your Toolbox?

Justin ConnerWood County Land Records Coordinator

President - Wisconsin Land Information Association

DISCLAIMERS

1) I don’t know nearly enough about E911 and NG-911

2) I have never let not knowing what I’m talking about stop me before and I am not going to start today.

National Emergency Number Association

Emergency Help. Anytime,

ANYWHERE,Any Device

GIS?

You Mean That Weird Guy Upstairs?

What is GIS?

• A geographic information system (GIS) is software designed to capture, manage, analyze, and display all forms of geographically referenced information.

• GIS lets us visualize, question, analyze, and interpret data to understand relationships, patterns, and trends.

• GIS software helps you answer questions and solve problems by looking at your data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared—on a map!

GIS and e911

Enhanced 911• GIS is used at the end of call processing to graphically display

location information to dispatchers

GIS and NG 911

Next Generation 911

NG 911 is an initiative that aims to transform the current PSAPs and Public Safety emergency communications environment to support the widely varied methods of communication that are in use by the public today and will be in use in the future.

GIS and NG 911

Next Generation 911• Why?

The existing 9-1-1 Infrastructure is 40 years old

Changes in communication technologies are accelerating the obsolescence of the current 9-1-1 system (Texting, VoIP, Video, Alarms)

Current system handles only voice

Many people with hearing and speech disabilities have abandoned TDD in favor of text messaging

GIS and NG 911

Next Generation 911• GIS becomes one of the central data stores • GIS is fully integrated and required

GIS and NG 911

Call with Address

Add X-Y

Location Aware

Content

ESZ Maps

PSAP

Point Address Validation

ESN Maps

NENA Data StandardsRequired Data• Road Centerlines• PSAP Boundaries• Emergency Service Boundaries

Highly Recommended Data• Site/Structure Address Points• Road Name Alias Table• State Boundary• County Boundaries• Municipal Boundaries• Cell Sector Locations

Optional Data• Railroad Lines• Hydrography Lines• Hydrography Polygons• Unincorporated Community Boundaries• Mile Marker Point

http://www.nena.org/?page=Standards

NENA Data StandardsGeocodable Road Centerlines

Required Data

NENA Data StandardsPSAP Boundaries

Required Data

NENA Data StandardsEmergency Service Zones• Law Enforcement Agency Boundaries • Fire Service Area Boundaries • Medical Service Area Boundaries

Required Data

NENA Data StandardsSite/Structure Address Points

Highly Recommended

Data

NENA Data StandardsRequired Data• Road Centerlines• PSAP Boundaries• Emergency Service Boundaries

Highly Recommended Data• Site/Structure Address Points• Road Name Alias Table• State Boundary• County Boundaries• Municipal Boundaries• Cell Sector Locations

Optional Data• Railroad Lines• Hydrography Lines• Hydrography Polygons• Unincorporated Community Boundaries• Mile Marker Point

http://www.nena.org/?page=Standards

Resources

WLIA.ORG