Concho Valley Council of Governments (CVCOG), Texas Exploring a New Way to Make Schools Safer Using GIS

CVCOG provides emergency communications services for approximately 16,300 square mile region in West Texas, supporting 15 Public Service Answering Points (PSAPs) within the thirteen-county region.

Project Overview

Working with 9-1-1 entities across the state, the Texas Commission on State Emergency Communications (CSEC) realized that indoor GIS maps of buildings across the state largely do not exist. Since there are over 10 million buildings in the state, creating new GIS maps of each building would present a significant challenge. As a result, the CSEC sought to design a proof-of-concept (PoC) project for crowdsourcing indoor map development of one particular high priority building type, high schools. The CVCOG 9-1-1 program expressed interest, and along with private contractor, GeoComm, helped the CSEC design a PoC project scope and charter. CVCOG 9-1-1 and Mason High School then became the test case for the PoC project.

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Published On: June 13, 2023

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