Emergency response app that uses full-3D campus renders to guide officers tested by UNC Charlotte
The UNC Charlotte police department recently ran a training exercise to test a new app with hopes to improve communication and provide location-based information to officers in the case of emergencies. As told by the Charlotte Observer , t he Effective Emergency Response Communication (EERC) System uses complete 3D-mapped models of the campus that lets the “command center” keep track of all the officers via Wi-Fi to efficiently guide them through buildings. By using the iPod touch app, police can also cut down the response time for medical help by marking the location of injured people. According to Bill Ribarnsky, chairman of UNCC’s computer science department and director of the Charlotte Visualization Center and and co-developer of the… Continue reading…
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Emergency response app that uses full-3D campus renders to guide officers tested by UNC Charlotte
