Monthly Archives: March 2015

Registration Open for Inaugural National Geospatial Preparedness Summit

NAPSG is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the National Geospatial Preparedness Summit (NGPS), the inaugural preparedness Summit dedicated to advancing the use of location-enabled decision support technology and data. The Summit will be held August 4th and 5th, 2015 in Washington, DC. The NGPS will bring together a select 150 public safety practitioners and GIS responders from across the Nation – to forge collaboration, solve information sharing challenges, and discuss ways to better apply location-enabled decision support tools in planning and operations. The Summit will feature multiple tracks of training, a tabletop exercise, a workshop on Next Generation 911, and other educational sessions.

Learn more about the 2015 National Geospatial Preparedness Summit:

Share your Thoughts! Complete Survey on Incident Symbology

We need your input! We are pleased to release a national survey on incident mapping capabilities and symbols. This is an opportunity for you to complete a short survey that provides us with a valuable and actionable information to guide our current and future work towards achieving more effective mapping capabilities nationwide.

There are two versions of the survey based on your primary role, please click on the survey link below that most applies to you.

This are short and anonymous survey that will only will take 15 minutes to complete.

Your input will help to inform the ongoing development and refinement of NAPSG’s incident symbology guideline and symbol sets.

The surveys will close on April 17, 2015. So be sure to complete the survey today.