As you exploit the e911 opportunity, there is an interesting standard you might be interested in. It is known as CAP or Common Alerting Protocol and it ties into 911. It essentially provides conceptual and practical standards for sharing via the net, sms, and other emerging e-methods to centrally notify and broadcast alerts for earthquakes, tsunamis, and other emergency events like tornadoes and weather events.
FYI MidNight Mapper Aka neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Reid Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:29 PM To: 'Richard Greenwood' Cc: 'MapInfo-L' Subject: RE: [MI-L] Poll: CAD-Computer Aided Dispatch and Mapinfo for 9-1-1Centers (PSAPS) Thanks for the feedback Rich, but am looking for just that, something that is better than what we have while still working with Mapinfo. We demoed one CAD that only accepted AV data and I just don't want the hastle of worring about having to convert everything, not only that, but the AV files consume so much more disk space. When I converted our 20+ layers from Mapinfo into Arcview, I wound up with far more files, (ie Whereas MI might only have 5 files for a table, when converted I came up with 7). I really don't care WHY there is or isn't more, I simply want the same integration I have now. I should have stated our current CAD works ok but built on MapX 3.0 technology which I understand is not even supported anymore by Mapinfo. Further I should have specified our current CAD was designed, built circa 1992 and installed when we went online in 1994 and has not changed even though we still pay an annual maintainence on it to keep it upgraded. But that's a whole other story. Thanks for your input, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Richard Greenwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:35 PM To: David Reid Cc: MapInfo-L Subject: Re: [MI-L] Poll: CAD-Computer Aided Dispatch and Mapinfo for 9-1-1 Centers (PSAPS) On 2/16/06, David Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings List, > > First off, this is not a marketing survey, it is my attempt to learn what is > out there and in use, that might better work for my agency. > > For those on the list who work in the 9-1-1 PSAP arena, I would like to hear > from those of you who use Mapinfo to manage your GIS layers for your > Computer Aided Dispatch which includes map display (9-1-1 CAD). I know > there's quite a few questions here, but I would certainly appreciate your > time if you can reply. This by no way scientific, just some of the initial > questions that come to mind. I'd probably have more if I thought about it > much longer :) This will probably sound like marketing... I wrote a MapInfo MBX a few years ago that is used by 3 rural Wyoming counties for E911 dispatch. Obviously it supports native MapInfo data, labeling, styling, etc. But the thing that is unique is that it is point based, as opposed to line based. Most E911 software interpolates a point along a line segment. This works reasonably well in urbanazied areas, but not so well in rural areas. Point based addressing requires a more detailed data layer than line interpolation, but also provides better results. Examples of where point-based is better would include situations where addresses are not sequential, (you have a house number that doesn't fit into a linear range) or you have a house a long distance from the road on which it addressed (a long driveway). I'd look for E911 software that fits your community and your data model. Whether it supports MapInfo or ESRI should be seccondary. It is very easy to write a script to convert a MapInfo line layer to a ESRI line layer, but it is impossible to convert a line layer to a point layer, or a point layer to a line layer. Rich -- Richard Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.greenwoodmap.com _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
