Why Should Public Safety Use GIS Firefighters, Law Enforcement, and EMS responders and other Public Safety Professionals are jobs that rely on an intimate knowledge of geography. We understand principles related to geography more than most GIS professionals. You might say that being a geographer is a natural skill that we have. We understand which unit is closer to a…..
You might want to create a full page legend if you have a map (or preplan) that has a lot of layers. To create a full page legend do the following Open an existing map that has the layers you want to create the legend of Save the map document as another file name. This is so you don’t mess…..
With the advent of GPS and other locating devices, firefighters have taken an active roll in mapping information. However when the data is collected it tends to come in a variety of “inconsistent” forms. While it is great that firefighter take the initiative to collect information using a GPS, often is the case where that information is pretty much useless. …..
There are a few scripts that can be downloaded from the ArcScripts website that create KML files that can be read in Google Earth and eventually ArcExplorer-ArcGIS. SketchUp is a 3d graphics program that can import building footprint information and then export into a Geodatabase or a KML file. With SketchUp you can modify the look of the building and…..
