Increasing the Speed of Mapping Information Transporation

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Transporting maps and geographic information to emergency responders quickly is critical to making strategic decisions on resources, personnel, services and disaster-coping. Buffalo Computer Graphics (BCG), Inc. has addressed this need by making working with maps faster and easier with DisasterLAN (DLAN) 10.4.

According to spatialnews, DLAN 10.4 is an optimized mapping engine that tremendously speeds up data requests, allowing maps to be loaded with large amounts of data in a fraction of the time it took to load that data in the past.

The system also comes with map interface changes to improve user-friendliness. Tools like map reports and markups have been optimized to make it easier to view, share, and download data as needed by the customer. All DLAN systems, regardless of version, are now able to use light-weight mapping features, such as the ability to preview maps and use mini-maps. These, combined with speed enhancing features, improves the user’s overall experience when using maps in DLAN and provides better situational awareness.

“The performance improvements in mapping are truly night and day in Version 10.4, they’ve come a long way” says DLAN Product Manager Tim Masterson.

In addition to mapping enhancements, DLAN’s Asset Management module has been upgraded to make it easier to build new custom asset reports and asset dashboards. Logistics staff can now build reports based on specific subsets of data, deploy those reports to DLAN status boards, and easily export that asset information as needed. Since mobility is a key need for logistics’ personnel, all of these new tools are designed to work just as well from a smart phone, tablet, or desktop computer.