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Volume 2, Issue 5, July 2010

GeoComm Offers Public Safety Solutions at APCO Conference

Typically, when your agency starts a public safety project there are more questions than answers. GeoComm's consulting staff provides deep expertise and experience to public safety agencies at every step of a project - from vision to implementation. Our goal is to ensure your agency has the knowledge to make informed, cost-effective decisions and the support to implement those decisions on-time and within budget.

GeoComm is the sponsor of APCO’s Public Safety Communication Solutions room, a great resource to learn about the many changing topics, issues, solutions, technology, standards, and products impacting and relevant to the members of APCO.

Imagine being able to talk to someone that truly understands your situation. RFPs, networks, NG9-1-1, connectivity, office environment layout, software... Someone who has actually been in your shoes and has not only found their way through, but emerged successfully and can help you do the same. Visit the Public Safety Communications center to meet people who can help point you in the right direction.

GeoComm will present on:

A Wireless E9-1-1 Location Accuracy Case Study Presenter: Bill Cade	Monday, August 2 2:00 p.m.
NG9-1-1 and Data Synchronization Presenter: Kathy Liljequist	Monday, August 2 3:00 p.m.
NG9-1-1 GIS Maintenance Presenter: Kathy Liljequist	Tuesday, August 3 2:00 p.m.
PSAP Continuity of Operations Presenter: Bill Cade	Tuesday, August 3 3:00 p.m.

Solution Center Location: Convention Center Room 340 A&B.

Solution Center Hours:
Monday, August 2: 1:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, August 3: 1:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 4: 8:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m.

Register to win a Gateway Netbook.

Stop by our booth #1543 or the APCO Solutions Center being held in the Convention Center Room 340 A & B to learn more about GeoComm's Consulting Services.

GeoLynx CrimeAnalyst

"GeoLynx CrimeAnalyst was easy to install and the software interface was easy to learn. The 'help menu' was able to answer all of my questions and I was able to begin utilizing the software within hours on actual data (not a tutorial dataset). The modeling functionality allows me to automatically do all of my "hot spot" mapping for the Public Safety Department. The data clock functionality also allows me to provide vital information to the Public Safety Department, Neighborhood Associations, and City Management when I incorporate the results with any calls for service maps."

Kurt Klinder - GIS Coordinator, City of Mankato, Minnesota

The Chief of Police in Lincoln, Nebraska, Chief Tom Casady, discussed city budget issues in one of his recent blog postings. The Lincoln Police Department is trying to adopt organizational structures and practices that will maximize the budget they have available. One way they are trying to save money is by being more organized and efficient in which areas of the city they patrol at certain times based on information available to them such a crime analysis reports. Utilizing the information in these reports allows the Police Department to practice problem-oriented policing and more effectively help the citizens they serve.

Finding the tools to help you strategically and intelligently depict crime patterns isn’t always easy. GeoLynx CrimeAnalyst, a GIS Crime Intelligence extension for ESRI ArcGIS is an easy to understand product that can help reduce the frustrations experienced due to data overload. It provides a simple way to analyze crime incidents in relation to time and location.

If you are interested in learning more about how GeoLynx CrimeAnalyst can help you effectively analyze, forecast, and intervene in a crime series, sign up for an upcoming online product demonstration. These one hour demonstrations will overview many of the product's capabilities and features, showing you how this product can help you analyze crime in your jurisdiction.

For more information about GeoLynx CrimeAnalyst visit: http://www.geo-comm.com/geolynx_crimeanalyst.html

Recent Press Releases

GeoComm releases GeoLynx 9-1-1 Server, a Dispatch Web GIS system

GeoComm to Provide NG9-1-1 GIS Technologies for Synergem i3 ESInet in North Carolina

Visit us at these upcoming tradeshows:

August

APCO International

Houston, TX

8/1-8/4

URISA/NENA Addressing Conference

Charlotte, NC

8/16-8/18

September

North Carolina APCO/NENA Sunset Beach, NC 9/12-9/15

Tennessee NENA Murfreesboro, TN 9/26-9/29

International Problem-Oriented Policing and Crime Analysis Training Conference

Arlington, TX

9/27-9/30

Nebraska APCO/NENA Lincoln, NE 9/29-9/30

City of Frisco, Texas-ESRI 2010 President's Award Recipient

GeoComm is pleased to congratulate the City of Frisco, Texas, on their accomplishment in receiving the 2010 ESRI User Conference President's Award. This award was presented to the City of Frisco on Monday, July 12, in San Diego, California, recognizing their outstanding GIS work, particularly in providing improved public safety needs in their schools.

The City developed an application called Situational Awareness For Emergency Response (SAFER), which provides fire, police, and emergency responders with access to maps and live data feeds while en route to a school incident. SAFER takes advantage of GeoComm's GeoLynx Family of Products which is built using ESRI technology. The system became fully operational in 2009.

ArcGIS 10.0

ESRI has recently released and updated version of ArcGIS 10.0. ArcGIS 10 .0 transforms the way people use GIS. It allows users to be more productive with their work and take advantage of GIS everywhere. GeoComm's GeoLynx Family of Products, which utilizes ArcGIS, is currently going through updates to include all of the enhancements found in ArcGIS 10.0. As these new versions become available, we will be contacting our current customers with software support and maintenance contracts. In the mean time please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

GeoComm Releases GeoLynx Sync Advanced

GeoComm is pleased to announce that GeoLynx Sync will now be available in two ways: GeoLynx Sync Basic and GeoLynx Sync Advanced. GeoLynx Sync is a straight forward administrative tool for providing software configuration updates or GIS data updates to client workstations in a PSAP environment.

GeoLynx Sync Advanced, an add-on to GeoLynx Sync Basic, enables one-way, change-only GIS data updates to be transferred to the workstations rather than the entire GIS data set. Since only minimum data is now being transferred over the network, GeoLynx Sync Advanced is designed for easier use and management than previous versions. Built using ESRI ArcSDE, this product creates a quicker and more seamless transition to the new files.