In April 2001, MaPS, Inc. provided Wheatland and Golden Valley Counties with a proposal to complete the E-911 project started by Miller Mgmt./Benchmark GIS of Missoula, MT.  MaPS, Inc. subcontracted the initial GPS field work - mapping of the road network and structure locations - to Independent Inspection Co. of Havre, MT.  MaPS, Inc. followed up that preliminary mapping effort with a more in-depth field review, mapping more remote structures and private lanes/subdivisions.  MaPS, Inc. assigned accurate, distance-based rural addresses, cleaned-up the addressing in the Wheatland County’s 2 incorporated communities and 2 unincorporated communities and Golden Valley County’s 2 incorporated communities and conducted the Postal Coordination and Address Notification tasks of the project.  MaPS, Inc. updated the telephone records with the new physical addresses and completed the MSAG and ESZ databases.  The Counties went “live” with Century Tel providing their E-911 database in early December 2006, relying on ContactOne’s dispatch display software.

MaPS, Inc. was providing ongoing mapping maintenance services and assisted in the mapping of over 125 large wind-turbines for several alternative energy sites in Wheatland County.  The County has since taken over the assignment of new physical addresses and acquired an ArcPad license and a Trimble Pro XR GPS unit for ongoing mapping maintenance of new construction.  MaPS, Inc. set-up the ArcPAD software for field data collection and trained the County’s 9-1-1 Coordinator on addressing, mapping, GIS integration/updating and ongoing E-911 System maintenance.  MaPS, Inc. has developed large-scale wall maps and detailed emergency services atlases for the Counties and will offer ongoing consulting/tech support and specialty map products as requested/needed.

Contact information:

Ray Hetherington, Dispatch Supervisor
(406) 632-5614
wc911@mtintouch.net

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