2. Defining Map Services in NG9-1-1
Brook Shannon
Marc Berryman, ENP

3. Today’s Agenda Quick overview of the i3 Map Database Service
But, before we dive deeper, let’s level set
How are maps used in public safety?
What problems do we need to solve?
What use cases drive the need for the Map Database Service?
What are its requirements?
Operational
Technical
Defining Map Services in NG9-1-1 (Development)
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | George Bellows Ballroom A & B
Facilitators: Brooks Shannon, Marc Berryman ENP
PSAPs and first responders need access to reliable maps. Making these maps available, from authoritative source, is the basis of this discussion. What do PSAPs and first responders need to be able to effectively utilize map information and how can these needs best be met is the basis of this discussion?
Type of Session: Discussion
Primary Questions
How do PSAPs and first responders utilize map information
What are the operational needs of map information in the PSAP?
What are the operational needs of map information to first responders?
What map layers must be part of the Map Service – Roads, Municipal boundaries, emergency response areas, others?
How can these needs be met efficiency and effectively using non-proprietary standards?
Deliverables
Framework for a Map Services standard / best practice
Target Audience
PSAP Personnel, First Responders, GIS professionals
Know Before You Go
Operations needs for map displays in PSAPs and for first responder
Familiarity with GIS

4. The i3 Map Database Service
What is it?
A GIS database with a standard set of interfaces for serving up authoritative map data
Agencies can operate one, provision it with their authoritative GIS data, and allow other agencies to access it

5. The i3 Map Database Service
STA Section 5.2 states:
“The Map Database Service is used to provide a PSAP handling a call out of area with the information needed to show a call taker a map of the vicinity where the caller is located. The Map Database Service is queried with the location and boundaries to be covered and returns a set of map features and/or imagery covering it to be displayed.
Note: The details of the Map Database Service and its interfaces will be provided in a future revision of this document.”
…it’s not much, and the work was deferred to v3. We’re starting to conduct work on it right now in the WG.

6. The i3 Map Database Service
What can it do?
Provide authoritative maps “everywhere”
Give PSAPs more information when handling “out of area” calls
Help make the map efficient, effective, and useful
Provide feature data, not just a map for display*
*We’ll come back to this…

7. Let’s take a moment to level-set
How are maps and GIS data used in public safety?

8. What problems can we solve?
We have big challenges we’re facing today.

9. What problems can we solve?
And people are more aware than ever before.

10. What problems can we solve?
We can provide better cartographic data,
as a reference, everywhere.

11. What are the use cases? Use cases help us discover requirements…
…so let’s think of some.
Example: when a PSAP is providing back-up services for a failed or overloaded PSAP
Others?
Extra credit: think of uses outside of call and incident handling

12. Operational Requirements
Based on the use cases…
What map data needs to be included?
Roads and address ranges?
Law, Fire, EMS Responders?
Common Place Names / Landmarks?
Schools?
Wireless towers / sectors?
Indoor maps?
Others?

13. Operational Requirements
How should a map be rendered?
Level of detail? Colors? What else?

14. Technical Requirements
Map Services Data
GIS
GIS Data Management SI
LVF
Provisioned GIS Data
GIS
GIS
VoIP
Cellular
PSTN
Enterprise
Provisioned GIS Data
GIS
BCF
LIS
ECRF
Map display,
Call handling, CAD, ...
Originating Networks
Policy Routing
Function (PRF)
ESInet
Policy
Store
BCF
NG9-1-1
PSAP
ESRP

15. Technical Requirements
How is it built?
Proposal is to leverage open standards from Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Web Feature Service (WFS)
Web Map Service (WMS)
Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)
Should we be considering other standards for other needs?

16. Technical Requirements
How is it accessed?
By using the ECRF and the Agency Locator… maybe?
ECRF
Map Database Service
Incident Handling FE
ALRS

17. In summary… Today, we talked about What have we missed?
How maps are used
Some specific use cases for the Map Database Service
Its operational and technical requirements
What have we missed?
Operational or technical concerns?
Ideas for improvement?
Interested in helping with further work?
Join us in the i3 Architecture Working Group!

18. Tuesday, October 11
Defining and Planning for Spatial Interface Layer Replication (D )
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | George Bellows Ballroom A & B
Facilitators: Richard Kelly, ENP, and Brooks Shannon
Session Type: Hands-On
Know Before You Go: A working knowledge of GIS and the GIS needs of NG9-1-1
Outcome: A documented set of operational and technical questions, concerns, and ideas for improvement, as well as suggested topics for future NENA documents
This session explores the need for more material relating to the definition of the GIS data spatial interface layer replication mechanism as presented within the NENA standard.