An incoming 911 call is automatically plotted on the map, and the call taker or dispatcher can quickly launch the oblique image for that vicinity. These images are similar to those used in Bing Maps' "Bird's Eye View." I think that in certain circumstances, the ability to visualize the area of the incident may be quite helpful for dispatchers, who are in a windowless room in the bowels of the Hall of Justice. Here's another sample image from Lincoln's Pictometry data, compared to the standard overhead aerial orthophoto. Both of these are excellent high resolution images, but the oblique view has some advantages:
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5 comments:
I need to lose a few pounds before I'd want anyone to see my obliques.
This is just sooooo cool! I'm glad the technology is here (and up-coming) to help Law Enforcement and Emergency personnel as much as possible, so that they can be safer while helping us. It's amazing.
A friend of mine recently bought a small helicopter with a video camera attached. His wife told him she was considering divorce if he didn't quit flying the thing around in the house. The family cat solved a huge marital problem by jumping up on the top of the fridge that doubled as a hanger and knocking it to the ground. Evidently the cat didn't like the helicopter anymore than my friends wife did.
Gun Nut
I would guess the wife pushed it off of the refrigerator and the cat just got the blame for it Gun Nut.
If it was this cat I bet it was the cat, and not the wife.
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