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DATAMARK Team Expands Technical Public Safety GIS Team to Support NG9-1-1 Deployments
The DATAMARK team at Michael Baker International has expanded to include new technical experts in GIS data analysis, product management, quality assurance, and support.
READDATAMARK Team Lead to Instruct URISA Workshop at the Esri User Conference
Michael Baker International’s Associate Vice President, Public Safety GIS and DATAMARK lead, Sandi Stroud, will be instructing the URISA workshop at the Esri User Conference, which takes place July 9-13 in San Diego.
READWhat Your NG9-1-1 RFP Should Include (And a Couple Things It Shouldn’t)
As a technology vendor and a division of an engineering consulting firm, the DATAMARK team at Michael Baker International has plenty of experience with RFPs from local, county and state governments, as well as the federal government.
READ9-1-1 vs. NG9-1-1: A Quick Guide for Public Safety Stakeholders
The transition from E9-1-1 to Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) is an overhaul to the legacy systems that currently support first responders – police, fire, emergency medical response and 9-1-1 authorities – across the United States.
READTop 5 Considerations on the Journey to NG9-1-1
We’ve all heard the phrase, “It’s not about the destination. It’s about the journey.”
READA Matter of Life and Data – The GIS Data Gap and Life-Critical Situations
There’s no doubt that having the correct location information can mean the difference between life and death when someone makes a 9-1-1 call.
READDATAMARK® Team Adds Public Safety and GIS Experts to Ease Transitions to NG 9-1-1
The DATAMARK team at Michael Baker International is expanding to include new experts in mapping, 9-1-1, public safety and geographic information systems (GIS).
READDATAMARK Team Shares Insights on NG9-1-1 with NENA 2018 Attendees
Members of the Michael Baker International DATAMARK team are hosting three educational sessions at the NENA 2018 Conference and Expo at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., June 16-21, 2018.
READDATAMARK VEP will help ease transition to NG9-1-1
Today (June 12, 2018) marks an important milestone as we’re officially launching DATAMARK VEP, our software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that validates, edits and provisions GIS data for existing 9-1-1 systems while smoothing the transition to next generation 9-1-1.
READWhy NG9-1-1 Requires Addressing Beyond the 98
Addressing data is not static. Unlike, say, a trusted recipe that is passed down from generation to generation, maps on locations in any community may change dramatically over time. New buildings are built.
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