Download - 2014 Esri International User Conference Mobile Special Interest Group - BCS MARVLIS for iOS
Esri 2014 Mobile SIG
San Diego, CA - July 16, 2014
www.bcs-gis.com
www.twitter.com/bcsgis
www.twitter.com/marvlis
Chris Bradshaw, VP Marketing, BCS
Where have we been?
Where are we going?
Who are we?
• Formed in 1998 in Aiken, SC
• Privately held and woman-owned
• Primary focus is GIS for Public Safety
• Esri Gold Tier Partner
What do we do?
• Company Business Units
– MARVLIS
– Public Safety
– Mobile Technologies
– Esri Software Sales, Services, Training & Consulting
– Defense/Intel
What do we do?
• Strong Public Safety Focus
– MARVLIS
– TheAddresser
– Crime Analysis Tools
– Crime iMap
– Fire Analysis Tools
MARVLISTM
Mobile Area Routing & Vehicle Location Information System
What is it?
• An integrated suite of software technologies designed to improve management of mobile resources
– Tracking/Monitoring
– Prediction
– Deployment
– Routing
• Supports multiple communication platforms
• Works standalone or integrated with dispatch system (CAD)
What does it do?
• Prediction of high incident areas
• Real-time analysis of coverage
• Enhance safety of responders!
• Efficiently manage resources
– Provide better service with fewer resources
– Respond faster
– Reduce post moves
– Save money
What’s in it?
• MARVLIS Server
• Demand Monitor
• Deployment Planner
• Deployment Monitor
• Impedance Monitor
• MARVLIS Client
– Windows
– iPad
• SitRep Global
• NETCall
• MARVLIS LE
MARVLIS Client for Windows
MARVLIS Client for iOS
MARVLIS Client for iOS
Development Complications
• It’s Apple
– Xcode/Swift
– Need a Mac for development
– Deployment Strategies
• Waiting on Esri
– Disconnected capabilities
– Rotating labels (for dynamic layers)
• Wifi communication only with iPad
• Implementation of multiple hardware products
Positives
• It’s Apple
– Clean interface/intuitive
– Inexpensive hardware
– Backwards compatibility/fragmentation
– Consistent user experience
– Partnership
• Internal GPS on cellular models works really well
• Customer familiarity
Things to Come
• Advanced turn-by-turn
• Disconnected
• Supervisor and Supervisor Lite
• Interactive relevant layers (hydrants)
MARVLIS
Questions?
Saving Lives Saving Money
www.bcs-gis.com
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