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Experts at Grand Junction GIS session detail NextGen 911 data, boundaries and transition steps
Summary
At a GIS informational session in Grand Junction, DATAMARK trainers outlined how NextGen 911 relies on accurate GIS layers, explained the role of provisioning and PSAP boundaries, and recommended a staged data-preparation workflow tied to NENA standards and recent FCC guidance.
During the fourth session of a GIS informational series in Grand Junction, Colorado, consultants from DATAMARK described how NextGen 911 (NG911) shifts call routing and location validation onto standardized GIS data and urged local agencies to prepare addressing, road center lines and PSAP boundaries before a statewide rollout.
At the opening of the three‑hour session, Lauren Digiovanni, client success manager at DATAMARK, framed the practical challenge: “I am a client success manager with DATAMARK. My background is mostly GIS. I've been in GIS for a little over 15 years, public safety GIS, specifically.” Digiovanni and colleague Deb Rosenbaum walked attendees through the NG911 architecture, the NENA GIS data model and a recommended order of steps for data preparation.
Nut graf: NextGen 911 replaces many legacy, tabular routing mechanisms with IP‑based routing (ESInet) and GIS‑driven elements such as the Emergency Call Routing Function (ECRF) and Location Validation Function (LVF). Rosenbaum stressed the elevation of GIS data in that architecture: “I'm currently 1 of 3 co chairs for the NG 9 1 1 GIS data model,” she said, noting the model’s role “as the structure…
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