[Scan-DC] Six Maryland Counties Select Datamark for NG 9-1-1 GIS Data

[Alan Henney]

https://www.rrmediagroup.com/News/NewsDetails/newsID/18770

Six Maryland Counties Select Datamark for NG 9-1-1 GIS Data

Tuesday, October 01, 2019 | Comments

Datamark announced it has secured a series of significant next generation
9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) projects across the state of Maryland, including six of
the state’s 24 counties.

The jurisdictions span the state, from the southeast to the northwest, and
include Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Caroline, Calvert, Allegany and Garrett
counties. Each of the six counties will deploy the DATAMARK VEP
software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that validates, edits and provisions
geographic information system (GIS) data for existing 9-1-1 systems while
smoothing the transition to NG 9-1-1. The software improves public-safety
communications and location precision, and ensures the data meets stringent
NG 9-1-1 requirements.

Other Datamark services many of the counties will use include the following:

• Facilitation of individual workshops between each county and neighboring
jurisdictions to discuss the placement of public-safety answering point
(PSAP) and emergency service boundaries

• A quality assurance plan (QAP) assesses the current state of road and
addressing workflows and provides recommendations for improvements to reach
NG 9-1-1 readiness.

• An address comparison and evaluation (ACE) compares master address
sources to other sources containing address points (i.e., trash records,
parcels, utility databases, etc.) and identifies address candidates not
within the master address data source

• Cleanup support services provides a multistep review and correction of
anomalies identified in the readiness assessment

“The State of Maryland is making tremendous headway in its next generation
9-1-1 readiness,” said Ashley Buzzeo, public-safety GIS expert and Maryland
account manager at Datamark. “Deploying DATAMARK software and services in
so many locations means local jurisdictions can work together on their GIS
data improvements more easily. Using the same services and solutions
solidifies cohesiveness and consistency and keeps everyone moving in the
same direction on their NG 9-1-1 journey.”

DATAMARK’s team of GIS experts offer a breadth of knowledge and expertise
that help jurisdictions all over the country in their NG 9-1-1 transitions.
Because DATAMARK VEP does not require a GIS expert to upload, edit and
validate GIS data, all stakeholders can participate in the production of
data regardless of GIS experience.