NG911

Deciphering the NG9-1-1 Tea Leaves for GIS Components and Timelines

Deciphering the NG9-1-1 Tea Leaves for GIS Components and Timelines

April is Emergency Communications Month. Cloudpoint recognizes the often unacknowledged critical public service our nation's emergency dispatch and response personnel perform each day. Cloudpoint’s NG9-1-1 team proudly assists public safety stakeholders in implementing Next Generation 9-1-1 by preparing GIS data for NG9-1-1 from the current 9-1-1 technology. This implementation process, while systematic, is highly dependent upon the present status of an area’s GIS, ALI, and MSAG data. Therefore, each PSAP…

NG9-1-1: Common CAD Questions

NG9-1-1: Common CAD Questions

The completed Next Generation 9-1-1 network will be national, state implemented, and operated by local entities. These multiple scales and the numerous agencies involved make the complexity of building such a network obvious…This blog endeavors to clarify some recurring areas of uncertainty, by examining both the local impacts of NG9-1-1 and the system rationale underlying NG9-1-1 requirements…

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Help for the Helpers: NG9-1-1 GIS Grants (UPDATED for FY 2022)

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Help for the Helpers: NG9-1-1 GIS Grants (UPDATED for FY 2022)

Funding Updates

So much goes into transitioning a 911 system to NG911, from changing state policies to buying appropriate equipment to updating GIS data. This upgrade comes with a large price tag. There are a lot of variables and scenarios were calculated in the report to Congress, but we’re talking in the ballpark of $14 billion dollars nation-wide. Available funding varies widely by state, but…

ArcGIS Pro Attribute Rules: Rules you'll love to follow!

ArcGIS Pro Attribute Rules: Rules you'll love to follow!

Are you a rule follower or a rule breaker? We’ve got both in our office (I won’t mention any names…) but we all agree that Attribute Rules in ArcGIS Pro are the types of rules we can get behind. There are three rule types you can use to help keep your data in check: Calculation, Constraint, and Validation. Today I’m going to give some examples of creating and applying Calculation rules. If you’re an ArcMap user, this will look a lot like using Attribute Assistant, but better.