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Intergraph and ESRI partners to enhance geospatial for public safety

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Two giants on the global GIS software and service market have joined forces to help improve the management and precision of public sector emergency response software and solutions. Who would expect that?

The firms said they would combine efforts to integrate some components of Intergraph’s computer-aided dispatch system (I/CAD) and ESRI’s ArcGIS platform. It makes a lot of sense. ESRI is the world’s leader in GIS software. At the same time Intergraph found its niche in the area of geo-related IT services like location-based dispatch systems.

We can imagine a scenario that Intergraph’s ambulance dispatch system will be able to seamlessly use spatial analysis made on ESRI’s software, which is certainly more popular across public sector, and users are simply more used to it

The first step of the partnership will involve the integration of Intergraph’s I/Map Editor for ArcGIS.  The I/Map Editor will work directly with ArcGIS for map production in I/CAD to create a better workflow efficiency in both systems. Intergraph’s vice president Kalyn Sims commented:

For this first stage of our collaboration, the biggest change from the Intergraph perspective, since many of our customers are Esri-based, have ArcGIS, and they want to able to do their GIS work, including transferring their CAD data within ArcGIS.

Russ Johnson, ESRI public safety director, also commented for Geoawesomeness:

ESRI is pleased that Intergraph has chosen to enable its computer-aided dispatch solution to work more directly with our ArcGIS Platform. The combined solution will benefit the computer-aided dispatch market, the public safety GIS community and citizens around the globe.

Are we looking at a bigger cooperation or even a merger? Not really. Kalyn Sims of Intergraph commented that their collaboration with Esri is purely within our public safety and security business but anyway its a good direction to go!

source: GIS Cafe

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For the next 24h you can play Pac-man on Google Maps

Pac Man Google Maps - GeoawesomenessaIn some parts of the World it’s already the 1st of April which means – Fools’ Day. Google created something awesome for that occasion! You can now play Pac-Man in Google Maps.

To play the game you just have to visit Maps website and click on the little Pac-Man icon on the bottom-left of the screen where you typically switch between Satellite and Map backgrounds of the map. When you do so, Google will transform street grid in your area into a Pac-Man level.  To navigate you need to use arrows on your keyboard. You’ll also hear the Pac-Man music theme which will definitely remind you your childhood. Awesome:)

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But be fast this feature will most likely disappear in the next 24h.

source: Google

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