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Vendor and municipal groups back school-mapping grant but urge state standards and local data ownership
Summary
A bill to create a school-mapping data grant program won support from GEO-COM and the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, which recommended using the state GIS office to set mapping standards, preserving school ownership of map data and avoiding mandatory third‑party validation that could increase costs and reduce interoperability.
A school-mapping data grant program (SB 13 82) drew support from mapping vendors and the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities on March 4, but both urged changes to ensure interoperability, local control and cost effectiveness.
Kevin O’Connell of GEOCOM told the committee that geographic information systems (GIS) can speed emergency response in schools by giving first responders accurate interior and exterior maps, parking and…
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