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Congratulations Shirley Simon on your Retirement
GeoComm would like to congratulate our Contract Manager, Shirley Simon, on her retirement. Thank you for over 20 years of service at GeoComm. We asked Shirley to reflect on her time here at GeoComm and these are her thoughts.
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August 26, 2022
GIS Data Assessment – Laying a Foundation for Success
How accurate is the public safety map data in your community? Does your call taker, dispatcher, and first responder have the necessary data during those critical seconds? These are important questions GIS and 9-1-1 teams need to answer. Learn how we can help you lay a foundation for success through a GIS data assessment.
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August 25, 2022
2022 Texas DIR Contract and Pricing
GeoComm, a leading provider of geographic information and communication systems, has been awarded a Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) contract DIR-CPO-4499 for GeoComm’s public safety software.
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August 16, 2022
GeoComm Welcomes New President and Chief Operating Officer
GeoComm is pleased to announce the addition of Jeff Liebl as their newly appointed President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Liebl joins John Bryant, GeoComm Chief Executive Officer in leading the company.
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July 21, 2022
GeoComm Announces Early Release Program for New Vertical Location Service Aimed at Making 9-1-1 Caller Z-Axis Positioning Actionable
GeoComm is leading the way into the vertical frontier of Public Safety Location Intelligence® with the release of a new product, GeoComm Vertical Location Services. This offering provides the missing link to making the z-axis actionable during 9-1-1 calls by converting raw positioning measurements from 9-1-1 callers’ cell phones into dispatchable locations including building name, street address, height above the ground, and probable floor level, while also generating a 3D visualization of the caller’s location inside a building.
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July 18, 2022
The Next Frontier of 9-1-1 Mapping – Indoors
For many years the focus for Public Safety Grade GIS has been on site structure address points, road centerlines, service boundaries, and PSAP boundaries for routing 9-1-1 calls in a NG 9-1-1 systems. As we progress towards full NG9-1-1 implementations, having indoor context about the location of calls within indoor spaces will be critical for telecommunicators and first on scene responders.
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July 12, 2022
GeoComm Celebrates Twenty-Five Year Esri Partner Network Partnership
GeoComm, provider of Public Safety Location Intelligence®, is excited to celebrate an important milestone – twenty-five years as a partner in the Esri Partner Network (EPN). Esri is the global leader in geographic information systems (GIS) and location intelligence. GeoComm’s long-term Esri partnership demonstrates a commitment to designing, developing, and leveraging Esri technology for optimized use in the public safety market.
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May 5, 2022
GeoComm Partners with NextNav to Improve Emergency Response Indoors
GeoComm is pleased to announce a new partnership with NextNav, a leader in z-axis vertical positioning, to enhance floor-aware indoor mapping for E9-1-1. This partnership will dramatically improve geolocation of callers to provide floor-level altitude in multistory buildings in urban areas across the country.
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April 14, 2022
Customer Profile: Rio Grande Council of Government (RGCOG)
Rio Grande Council of Government (RGCOG) went live with GeoComm Maps as part of a cloud-native call-handling implementation by Carbyne. The system went live in February of this year and provides RGCOG, a regional entity that manages 9-1-1 for five of the most rural counties in the United States, with the latest technology.
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April 5, 2022
GeoComm Achieves Esri Indoor GIS Specialty Designation
GeoComm, provider of Public Safety Location Intelligence®, is pleased to announce it has achieved the ArcGIS Indoors Specialty designation from Esri. The designation recognizes GeoComm’s expertise in indoor mapping and location analytics, along with its implementation of solutions and services using ArcGIS Indoors.
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March 24, 2022
Key Factors for Creating, Developing and Deploying GIS data for Indoor Maps
Every second counts when it comes to public safety emergency response. Public Safety Location Intelligence® from GeoComm combines 9-1-1 call data with detailed, easy-to-read indoor maps, providing telecommunicators and first responders optimal situational awareness, helping improve response times and save lives.
