The team behind the Police Department‘s updated crime mapping system won a Special Achievement Award from GIS firm Esri, the Philadelphia Daily News reported.
Launched in October 2012, the GIS is one part of what project manager Grant Ervin called “the biggest public safety GIS in the country,” which will eventually support the Fire Department and the Office of Emergency Management. Before the new system launched, officers used a painfully slow 90s-era mapping software or paper maps. The award-winning system took roughly two years, $260,000 and five to seven staffers to build, Ervin said.
Read more about the new system and its capabilities in our story here.
The team, composed of staffers from the Police Department and the Managing Director’s Office, will receive the award in July at Esri’s International User Conference, according to the Daily News report.
Before you go...
Please consider supporting Technical.ly to keep our independent journalism strong. Unlike most business-focused media outlets, we don’t have a paywall. Instead, we count on your personal and organizational support.
3 ways to support our work:- Contribute to the Journalism Fund. Charitable giving ensures our information remains free and accessible for residents to discover workforce programs and entrepreneurship pathways. This includes philanthropic grants and individual tax-deductible donations from readers like you.
- Use our Preferred Partners. Our directory of vetted providers offers high-quality recommendations for services our readers need, and each referral supports our journalism.
- Use our services. If you need entrepreneurs and tech leaders to buy your services, are seeking technologists to hire or want more professionals to know about your ecosystem, Technical.ly has the biggest and most engaged audience in the mid-Atlantic. We help companies tell their stories and answer big questions to meet and serve our community.
Join our growing Slack community
Join 5,000 tech professionals and entrepreneurs in our community Slack today!
The person charged in the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting had a ton of tech connections
From rejection to innovation: How I built a tool to beat AI hiring algorithms at their own game
Where are the country’s most vibrant tech and startup communities?
