MaPS, Inc. completed Chouteau County ’s E-911 & GPS/GIS project that was started by GeoResearch, Inc. of Billings , MT.   MaPS, Inc. conducted the Postal coordination tasks, prepared the change-of-address notification letters, created the Master Street Address Guide (MSAG) and Emergency Service Zone (ESZ) databases and performed the telephone company coordination (e.g. updating existing phone records with new addresses and testing said records against the MSAG to reach 95% or better accuracy).  The County’s Enhanced 9-1-1 System went “live” in 2001 using 3 Rivers Communications and Tel Control Inc.’s ALI PRO dispatch display software based on MaPS, Inc. and GeoResearch, Inc.’s GIS data via Qwest/Intrado’s E-911 network.  The County has been maintaining their addressing databases (e.g. updating the GIS with phone record and other changes).  MaPS, Inc. is providing ongoing consulting, GPS field data collection and GIS mapping maintenance services (e.g. mapping new construction of roads and structures on a quarterly basis) including annual atlas and wall map products.  MaPS, Inc. recently assisted Chouteau County with roads mapping on the portion of the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation that straddles the County’s northeast corner.  MaPS, Inc. created an updated emergency services atlas with parcel boundary data and ownership labels, including indexing.

Chouteau County recently upgraded to Positron’s PowerMap dispatch display software.  MaPS, Inc. recently upgraded the County’s ESRI software from ArcView 3.3 to 9.2 and converted/updated the GIS to include from-addresss/to-address ranges on the road network to facilitate emergency responder routing and mapped ALI.  Revised atlases were recently produced and updated wall map layouts are currently in production.

Contact information:

Linda Williams, DES Coordinator
(406) 622-3751
lwilliams@montana.edu

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