Gain Insight to Boost Awareness and Grow Constituent ConnectionsThe Virtual Earth platform can help public sector organizations and agencies plan, predict, and respond quickly and efficiently, and build constituent connections by presenting data in a rich, intuitive interface. Virtual Earth can help your organization effectively analyze the overwhelming amount of data that flows through its doors daily.
Join the Virtual Earth team, ISC, and the Economic Development Council of Tallahassee/Leon County for a webcast on May 26 to learn how geospatial visualization and analysis can support economic development. This webcast will introduce the technologies behind a new, user-friendly Web site that is helping Tallahassee and surrounding areas drive interest in the region and promote commercial growth.
City of Miami
Miami, Florida, provides a host of essential services for residents, visitors, and businesses, while trying to minimize costs. The city wanted to merge its GIS data with a consumer-oriented mapping application, so it chose Virtual Earth to develop online applications that provide enhanced public safety response, urban planning, and tourism services.
Leicestershire Constabulary
The Leicestershire Constabulary, which provides police resources for Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland in the U.K., wanted a mapping solution to help its officers better respond to emergencies. Since deploying Virtual Earth, the agency has seen 286 percent increase in vehicle visits to crime hotspots, and reduced fuel consumption by 21 percent.
Strong Angel III
When a catastrophe wipes out communication lines, how will public agencies aid victims and speed the delivery of aid? Volunteers met at Strong Angel III to test technologies, including a Microsoft technology called FeedSync, which allowed participants to exchange data across a variety of platforms, including Virtual Earth, to speed decision-making and response.
eCityGov Alliance
The eCityGov Alliance is a regional agency in Washington State that develops cross-boundary Web sites allowing users to find online access to services like permits, commercial information, recreation resources, and more. The agency used Virtual Earth to build an application allowing users to search, locate, and learn about regional parks and recreational resources.
NYC MTA
The MTA of New York City recently released a new version of its Trip Planner online travel itinerary service. The service, which allows users to get walking, subway, and bus directions for their travel itinerary within the city, now features Virtual Earth maps, providing a richer visualization and interactive experience.
University of Cambridge
A research group at the University of Cambridge used Virtual Earth to extract and make relevant information from data originally collected 150 years ago by Charles Darwin. The data will be presented throughout 2009, culminating in a seminar in July 2009 in Cambridge, to celebrate Darwin’s discoveries and scientific contributions.
U.S. EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for ensuring public access to environmental information associated with sites across the country. The EPA recently launched an online resource using Virtual Earth, which offers high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, faster response times, and easy integration with environmental data sets.
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What Public Sector Organizations Can Do with Virtual Earth
Strengthen Constituent Connections
- Engage constituents with aerial and hybrid views to provide property line details, zoning information, and more.
- Make your locations more discoverable for users with accurate maps featuring 3D city models, and detailed routing options.
Improve Organizational Insight
- Create disaster management solutions that allow federal, state, and local agencies to track disease outbreaks, weather events, and other incidents.
- Integrate multiple data sources to track and manage critical events, trends, and organizational resources to improve response times.
Grow Through Innovation
- Manage data streams using GeoRSS feeds to view a range of data sources, including census data or health information.
- Tighten mobile asset and personnel management by implementing data visualization solutions that integrate with RFID tracking or GPS technology.
