With all the new technology at our disposal, it seems counterintuitive that 911 dispatch times have increased by as much as 10 percent in some areas, but it's true. Dispatching was traditionally a reactive task, but modern technology and all its sources of information has complicated that task, foisting on 911 call-takers streams of information, some of it accurate, some of it inaccurate and second- and third-hand and forcing call-takers to decide on its value. With all this information cluttering up the system, what's needed is a process of curation to synthesize that information. That's the key to Next Gen 911, said Lawrence Hicks, vice president of engineering for InterTalk Critical Information Systems, in a keynote address at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) in Las Vegas Thursday. "'911' is a motto for'seconds count,'" Hicks said, but 911 dispatchers are suffering from information overload from a "fire hose" of information from different sources.

Verisk is now offering customers free access to Geomni's high-resolution aerial imagery following major loss events. Geomni will provide online access to before-and-after imagery of structures and properties inside the catastrophe area. This will enable viewers of the imagery the ability to better understand which areas have been affected by a particular major event and the extent of the damage. According to Geomni President Jeffrey C. Taylor, the information can quickly provide insights for experts who are deploying resources, setting loss reserves, verifying internal estimates, and more. Geomni has a built a library of high-resolution imagery and 3D data by using multiple remote sensing platforms with a focus on fixed-wing aircraft but also including satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and even mobile devices used to collect ground-level data through the Geomni Mobile app.

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Sept. 10, 2018 - Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, today announced that it is offering customers free access to Geomni's high-resolution aerial imagery following major loss events. Geomni will provide online access to before-and-after imagery of structures and properties inside the catastrophe area. This will enable viewers of the imagery the ability to better understand which areas have been affected by a particular major event and the extent of the damage. "The high-quality data collected by our state-of-the-art imagery resources is helping our customers make more informed property decisions, faster than ever before," said Geomni President Jeffrey C. Taylor. "This information can quickly provide important insights for experts who are deploying resources, setting loss reserves, verifying internal estimates, and much more."